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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1990
NUMBER 1
Moving into the Edwards' era
Where are we headed
In his first speech as the 13th president of
Bowdoin College, Robert H. Edwards
reminded students that the future of
American society is full of
uncertainty and that they will
be asked to provide definition
and to meet the challenge of
creating a just and
cultivated society.
Edwards made these
College's 189th academic
ceremonies held
a standing-room-only
and staff at Brunswick's
"What has brought me
Edwards, "what gives it
today is not certainty, but
there is a fresh task before us
greater, in a way, than those early
remarks when he opened the
year, during Convocation
Wednesday, August 29, before
gathering of students, faculty,
First Parish Church,
to this post at Bowdoin," said
excitement and dimension
uncertainty: the sense that
of dimensions even
Congregationalists
faced when they set forth Bowdoin as a light and a beacon on what
they considered to be their 'errand into the wilderness.' Bowdoin
students.. .1 have met, suggest that we have perhaps yet another
wilderness before us in which to create a just and cultivated
society, but that the task will be even tougher."
Drawing a parallel between today and a period of
"bewildering political trends" during the early 20th
century that led to the rise of Nazi Germany, Edwards
warned of the dangers that can be born in periods of
uncertainty. "We know from history that at such
times there is the risk that the resulting
powerlessness and vulnerability of individuals
leads them to turn inward and lose interest in the
definition of the wider whole, and the common
good. People cling more fiercely to their small,
familiar truths - of social class, of profession, of
ethnicity, of religion. Academic disciplines
themselves become narrow and brittle and
possessive of their boundaries.
"Civil societies, of which Bowdoin is one, can
simply walk around these problems, or ritualize
them," Edwards continued. "Race and gender are
easier to shout about than to talk about.
"But we have a chance, here on the coast of
Maine, to do something different. Rather than
becoming combative and narrow, or comfortable
and isolated, sticking to our narrow definitions of
ourselves - 1 am a researcher or a teacher, I am an
athlete or a student, I am a woman or a man, an
African- American or a white, a worldly urbanite
or not - instead of that, we can raise our expectations.
"For history shows that these need not
be periods of social collapse and war;
they can also be times of regeneration
and creativity..."
Edwards told his audience that
a "commitment to
workmanship and mastery
that comes with depth"
will not be enough; they
must also "be a force in
defining not just the
substructure of
knowledge, but the
behavior and style of a
person and culture."
Restating the
College's commitment to
diversity, Edwards
pledged to "devote all the
energy and conviction I
dispose to insuring that able men
and women of African- American,
Hispanic, and Asian communities
become not merely more evident in
their numbers but find themselves an
ever more secure and vital contributing
force at Bowdoin College."
1 come to Bowdoin," he concluded, "with no
real interest in control, but with great interest in inciting
and encouraging the passionate engagement of all of us in
defining the meaning of cul ture in modern America - in knowledge
and understanding and behavior. Some ideas will be old; others
will be new. But we will be seeking more than ideas. We must
remember the men who invented the extermination camps were
men of education and clear ideas. The ways and spirit in which we
make our decisions, and take responsibility for our actions, will be
part of the institution and culture we are seeking to create."
The above passage is a press release written by News Director for
Public Relations Scott Hood.
Turn the page
Professor Pemberton leaves -Page 4
A challenge for Edwards- Pages 10-11
Women's soccer preview-Page 13
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Septempter7, 1990
• The Bowddin Orient
Carter replaces Pemberton
BY DANA M. STANLEY
Orient Contributor
GaylePcmbcrton'sdcparturelast
spring produced a vacancy for the
English department in African-
American literature. A search has
brought Wendall Carter, a Ph. D.
candidate at Cornell University, to
Bowdoin for a one-year term.
Carter is currently teaching a
course on James Baldwin, and next
semester he plans a course on the
African-American literary tradition.
Joseph Litvak, chairperson of the
English Department, described
Carter as "an extremely promising
scholar and an exciting addition to
the faculty."
Currently Carter lives in
Washington, D.C. and he is working
on his doctoral dissertation. Carter
ft
commutes weekly to Brunswick.
Litvak said that long commutes are
not unusual for professors.
Carter sees teaching at Bowdoin
a "challenge." He said that African-
American literature is "one of the
most exciting fields today."
Carter also said that he sees the
low representation of minorities
among the faculty and the student
body as a "problem," particularly
for a college with Bowdoin's
national reputation. In light of this
problem. Carter said his presence
here is significant. "All students
need a different perspective," he
said, and "students of color need
role models."
Having been here for a short time,
however, Carter is not sure "how to
go about getting involved." But he
indicated that a number of students
New history lecturer found
Angela M. Leonard of
Washington, D.C, has been named
Consortium Dissertation Fellow
and Lecturer in History for the
1990-91 academicyearat Bowdoin
College.
The position is part of The
Minority Scholar-in-Kesidence
Program created by the
Consortium for a Strong Minority
Presence at Liberal Arts Colleges,
a group of 26 selective liberal arts
colleges working to recruit and
retain minority students, and to
promote strong representation of
minority scholars on liberal arts
college faculties.
The presence of African-
American, Hispanic-American,
and Native American scholars has
a two-fold effect: first, it provides
greater diversity of experience and
perspective within the faculty and
in the curriculum, contributing to
the collective effort of educational
institutions to test and stretch the
frontiers of knowledge; second,
minority scholars provide
necessary role models, especially
for minority students. They help
to attract minority students to
liberal arts colleges and enhance
their experience once there.
Through this program, minority
scholars have the opportunity to
^experience teaching in a liberal arts
settingand the financial support to
complete their dissertations or
prepare them for publication.
A Ph.D. candidate in the
American Studies Department of
the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences at George Washington
University, Leonard is a cum laude
graduate of Radcliffe College. She
earned a master's degree in library
science at Vanderbilt University
and a master's degree in
philosophy at George Washington
University. Her numerous
publications include Philosophy
Books: A Browser's Guide(\984); Plato
and Platonism: Guide to Research
Methods and Materials (1985); and
Pedagogy of Philosophy, A
Bibliography for Teachers and
Curriculum Specialists (1985).
The Consortium for A Strong
Minority Presence at Liberal Arts
Colleges evolved out of a
conference on recruitment and
retention of minority students and
faculty held at Swarthmore College
in February 1987. The minority
scholar-in-residence was the first
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have thanked him for coming to the
college and expressed interest in
getting to know him. Carter stressed
that his door is open to all students.
Carter has previous experiences
with predominantly white schools.
He did his undergraduate work at
Haverford College and his masters
and doctoral work at Cornell
University. He said, however, that
his initial impression at Bowdoin is
there is "some ways to go."
"Bowdoin," Carter said, "reminds
me of Haverford about 10 years
ago."
Carter finds it nice to get away
from the city, but being here is "a
rather jarring situation, culturally."
He said that he is uncomfortable
"walking around as some kind of
anomaly. It's hard to get used to
always being on display."
Carter comes to Bowdoin with new ideas. Photo by Chris Strassel
President Edwards speaks of future
Students must meet the challenges of the uncertain future
In his first speech as the 13th
president of Bowdoin College,
Robert H. Edwards reminded
students that the future of American
society is full of uncertainty and
that they will be asked to provide
definition and to meet the challenge
of creating a just and cultivated
society.
Edwards made these remarks
when he opened the Col lege's 1 89th
academic year, duringConvocation
ceremonies held Wednesday,
August 29, beforea standing-room-
only gathering of students, faculty,
and staff at Brunswick's First Parish
Church.
"What has brought me to this post
at Bowdoin," said Edwards, "what
gives it excitement and dimension
today is not certainty, but
uncertainty: the sense that there is a
fresh task before us of dimensions
even greater, in a way, than those
early Congregationalists faced when
they set forth Bowdoin as a light
and a beacon on what they
considered to be their 'errand into
the wilderness.' Bowdoin
students...I have met, suggest that
we have perhaps yet another
wilderness before us in which to
create a just and cultivated society,
but that the task will be even
tougher."
Drawing a parallel between today
and a period of "bewildering
political trends" during the early
20th century that led to the rise of
Nazi Germany, Ed wards warned of
the dangers that can be born in
periods of uncertainty. "We know
from history that at such times there
is the risk that the resulting
powerlessness and vulnerability of
individuals leads them to turn
inward and lose interest in the
definition of the wider whole, and
the common good. People cling
more fiercely to their small, familiar
truths - of social class, of profession,
of ethnicity, of religion. Academic
disciplines themselves become
narrow and brittle and possessive
of their boundaries.
"Civil societies, of which Bowdoin
isone, can simply walk around these
problems, or ritualize them,"
Edwards continued. "Race and
gender are easier to shout about
than to talk about.
"But we have a chance, here on
the coast of Maine, to do something
different. Rather than becoming
combative and narrow, or
comfortable and isolated, sticking
to our narrow definitions of
ourselves - 1 am a researcher or a
teacher, I am an athlete or a student,
I am a woman or a man, an African-
American or a white, a worldly
urbanite or not - instead of that, we
can raise our expectations.
'Tor history shows that these need
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"commitment to workmanship and
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not be enough; they must also "be a
force in defining not just the
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behavior and style of a person and
culture."
Restating the College's
commitment to diversity, Edwards
pledged to "devote all the energy
and conviction I dispose to insuring
that able men and women of
African-American, Hispanic, and
Asian communities become not
merely more evident in their
numbers but find them selvesan ever
more secure and vital contributing
force at Bowdoin College."
"I come to Bowdoin," he
concluded, "with no real interest in
control, but with great interest in
inciting and encouraging the
passionate engagement of all of us
in defining the meaning of culture
in modern America - in knowledge
and understanding and behavior.
Some ideas will be old; others will
be new. But we will be seeking more
than ideas. We must remember the
men who invented the
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The Bowdoin Orient
September?, 1990 3
President Edwards addresses key issues
BY MARK JEONG
Orient News Editor
Although the Bowdoin
community has had a formal
introduction to the new president
Robert H. Edwards, the Orient
Editorial Staff felt an interview
would allow the community to
meet president Edwards in a more
casual fashion. In the short time
that the Orient requested an
interview, president Edwards
greeted our staff with enthusiasm.
We would like to thank him for his
patience as mechanical problems
delayed and lengthened the
meeting.
Orient: Why did you decide to
come to Bowdoin?
Edwards: I very much enjoy
being in an academic institution;
I'm a profound believer in the
liberal arts and undergraduate
education. I like the sense of density
where 1 know students. So after
four years away, I think you need
to get away. Eventually, you've
got to refresh yourself. Different
people, different places and all that.
When it came time to return, and
considering things to do. ..this type
of education is the thing I love best
in the whole world.
And it is still as important as ever
it seemed to be. Bowdoin, I had
always admired. Its kind of a
maverick. It plows its own furrows
-and there were a relatively small
number of institutions in America
which have both excellence and
genuine challenges. Things need to
be done, but it wouldn't be
interesting without them. So there
was that mix of a fielded endeavor,
of the liberal arts; which I love. And
an institution that is in good shape,
but is an independent - minded
institution that I think could go on
to be truly great. So, that's why I'm
here.
Orient: What do you think is the
number one problem facing the
college now?
Edwards: 1 think it is truly
unifying the college. It is bringing
together many different parts of
the college, elements of it, that are
truly loyal to it, but have different
views of it. It's a literal problem of
people being asked to describe an
elephant - they describe the part
they know best. I think what we
have to do is build a Bowdoin, and
I think what a president can do is to
try through conversation in the
college with whole or parts of the
college, to try to articulate a
composition. I think that's the
number one problem. I think we do
have an edge over it in certain
respects. Then, I think it will be
solved if we can get that
composition, because then instead
of seeking to preserve a particular
aspect of the institution people will
see, in fact, their particular domain
as being part of a whole.
Orient: If you can briefly
summarize them, what are your
goals as the new president?
Edwards: The important thing, I
(Continues on page 6)
Hiring questioned
Three Bowdoin students bear arms
BY DOUG BEAL
Orient Staff
"I've sworn to defend the state of
Maine and the country, and that's
one of the reasons I went in," said
Jason House '93. House is one of the
four Bowdoin men in either the
Maine National Guard or the Army
Reserves.
Due to the Iraqi invasion of
Kuwait a few weeks ago, the
likelihood of Jason House, Jon
Martin '92, Dan Gallagher '92 and
Mark Barney (Bowdoin College
Security) being called to become full-
time soldiers has increased.
"Its been so long since the military
has been activated," Gallagher said.
"Many people saw it as a way to get
money for college. This has been a
gentle reminder" that the military
exists for very a real purpose
Gallagher has been in the Army
Reserves over two-and-a-half years,
working with medical supplies in
conjunction with the U.S. Army
Hospital in Boston.
Barney, House, and Martin are
enlisted in the same unit, 3/
12INF(MTN), technically speaking.
This group of 100 men is trained for
combat in mountainous terrain.
Since they are a combat oriented
unit, Martin thinks, "it is highly
likely that our unit will be called" if
U.S. Troops go to combat.
"I could see myself serving,"
House said. "That's what I've been
trained to do, and I realized that I
could be called up at any time when
I went in." House only entered the
Guard this summer. He attended
bask training at Fort Benning,
Georgia from May 31 to late August.
He returned to Maine August 30.
Although college students have
been immune to drafts, the military
considers reservists volunteers.
Therefore, Bowdoin reservists will
be obligated to stand in if needed.
Gallagher thinks he would only
be called up in the event that heavy
combat produced casualties and
wounded requiring medical care.
His unit, which is essentially a
mobile hospital, might then be sent.
/I
All three students went into the
forces for various reasons. "I wanted
to experience military life without
committing myself full time,"
Gallagher explained. "I also get the
G.I. Bill," which helps pay for
Bowdoin. House has taken
advantage of the Bill as well.
"It sounds corny, but I joined
because I felt I owed my country
something, although that certainly
wasn't my number one reason,"
Martin said. "I felt I could leant a lot
about myself and others, which I
have. Financially speaking, you
could have worse jobs. But," Martin
cautions, "it's not for everyone."
Serving in the Guard or the Army
Reserves is an eight year
commitment. During the six years,
each person must train one weekend
per month and a two week period
Lewellan shows concern
In his own words, Orientation
was "a bad week" for Dean of
Students Kenneth Lewallen.
During this time Dean Lewalten
was awakened on three
consecutive nights to deal with
fraternity and apartment-related
.problems. Two students, a first"
year student and a sophomore,
were taken to the hospital on
separate evenings for
overconsumption of alcohol, and
one late-night phone caD to the
Lewallen household delivered a
complaint about a noisy fraternity.
(Continues on page >
BY BRENDAN RIELLY
Orient Staff
The relaxed hiring process
conducted by the Admissions and
Public Relations offices over the
summer raised concern from some
members of the college community
about the way in which Bowdoin
departments fill positions
Both departments drew criticism
for the way in which they advertised
for the two administrative
interniships, the short duration of
the job search, and improper
communication with applicants.
Cecilia Hirsch '90 told the Orient
she felt both Mitch Price '89 and
Michael Townsend '90 were
qualified for the positions in
Admissions and Public Relations
respectively, but Was concerned
"about how policy was followed or
not followed."
According to campus personnel
policy, all position vacancies must
be posted on campus fora minimum
of seven days. Usually the
information is mailed to all campus
buildings. Off-campus advertising
may be conducted at the same time
or following the campus posting,
"if it seems appropriate."
The notification of the Admissions
Internship was posted on July 11
and closed on July 18. But, Personnel
Director Carolyn Garcia said she
did not remember if the in formation
about these two positions was
mailed to all campus buildings.
Price's application was received
on July 16.
Garcia recognized that Mason
"was in a real bind" because of the
unexpected resignation of last year's
intern Matthew Hornbeck '89 from
the Admissions' office, but said
problems such as timing, urgency,
vacations and informal
communication did effect the
search's outcome.
Though no policy was violated,
Garcia thought Hornbeck, Priceand
Townsend had discussed the job
openings before publicly
announcing their decisions. "My
impression," said Garcia, "was that
Mitch was aware of the opening
even before Bill (Mason, Director of
Admissions) was."
"It was probably just a responsible
person. Matt, trying not to leave Bill
in the lurch." continued Garcia.
However, "the informal recruiting
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Hirsch said the Office of Career
Services received a phone call from
Public Relations requesting
Townsend' s resume a week before
the internship was posted.
"Even though it's in-house,"
continued Hirsch, "it's got to be an
equal opportunity search." She
thought mailings should have been
made to all members of the
departing class, despite the
additional time it would take.
"Mitch did have exceptional
qualifications for the job," said
Garcia, but the search was not "well-
managed." Mason acknowledged
that the search was
"unconventional," but said "we had
to find someone fast."
Hornbeck had been reappointed
for the coming year when he
suddenly resigned July 6.
Mason said steps were taken to
insure fairness and credibility in the
job search, including consulting
Dean of the College Jane Jervis,
Affirmative-Action Officer Janet
Smith and Garcia, but time was the
essential factor. 'This is the first
time we've had an intern resign so
late into the appointed contract,"
said Mason.
The college did advertise the
$16,500 position locally, including
distributing fliers on campus, but
only five or six a pplicantseven heard
of the opening.
Hirsh like many of the other
applicants received the information
by word-of-mouth.
A further factor in the com plicated
timing of the search was Mason's
scheduled vacation. Soon after
beginning the interview process.
Mason left campus and Assistant
Director of Admissions Sam
Robinson completed the search.
Said Garcia, "It was., a comedy of
errors."
Usually, interviews for the
internships begin in February and
are open only to members of the
current senior class. Mason also said
any position higher in the
administration would beadvertised
nationally.
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4 Sepiempcer 7, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
TD gets national support to accept women
BY BRIAN FARNHAM
Orient Contributor
During a five day stretch in
August of this past summer, one of
the most significant occurrences in
the ever-changing fraternity scene
at Bowdoin took place. Theta Delta
Chi fraternity voted to accept
women as national members at the
national members' meeting.
The August 8th meeting meeting,
which took place in the Forum Hotel
in Chicago, was anticipated by
Bowdoin TE^s as being the turning
point for the fraternity. Either
women would be accepted by the
national or the Bowdoin chapter
would leave the national and go
local.
As it turned out, the five Bowdoin
TDs who attended the conference
left Chicago secure in the knowledge
that their fraternity would not have
to break away from national
affiliation.
Fraternity president Bud Brown
'93, former president Scott Phinney
'91, House Treasurer Craig Eaton
'91, House Corporation President
Jeff O'Sullivan and Vova
Kitaygorodsky '93 and Jon Herbst
'93 made up the delegation that
represented the Eta chapter of
Bowdoin. Browns' expectations
going in were less than positive. "It
was difficult to remain optimistic
about our prospects to receive full
national recognition for our women
because of hostilities toward us a nd
our coeducational proposal at past
conventions."
The governing body of the
National, called the Grand Lodge,
had decided in the Spring of '90 that
the ambiguous wording of the
constitution regarding membership
stipulations should be resolved. As
it stood, the constitution was not
gender specific, but the Grand
Lodge then voted to interpret it as
such, officially re-enforcing the
exclusion of women that had been
practiced up to that point. The
Bowdoin ID'S plan was to challenge
this interpretation when they got to
the conference.
At the first business meeting of
the conference, the question of the
Grand Lodge's interpretation was
brought up, and heated discussion
ensued. Several chapters were
vehemently opposed to any
tampering with the constitution and
the traditions it had created . Others,
mostly schools in the Northeast,
supported Bowdoin' s plea to re-
interprettheconstitution. "It seemed
like a lot of those schools had their
own futures in mind," said Vova
Kitaygorodsky ('93). "I think they
realized they might have to face the
same decision we had to somewhere
cfctovn the line."
• At the end of the session, a vote
was taken and a re-interpretation of
the constitution to admit women
was decided by a close margin.
Gayle Pemberton transfers to Princeton University
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Needless to say, none of the
Bowdoin TEKs expected such an
optimum result in such short time,
and many other charges found it a
little hard to fathom the new
direction that the fraternity had
decided to take.
The Bowdoin TDs' expectation
that they would not achieve change
at the August meeting was
punctuated by the fact that the
pledgeclass of last year was initiated
with an all or nothing attitude. It
had been agreed upon at the
beginning of the year that either the
men and women would be initiated
as nationals or all as locals, and so
the local path was chosen. Because
of the newdecision, however, a large
ceremony is planned for sometime
in the near future to initiate theentire
'89-'90 pledgeclass and the women
actives. Bowdoin TD alumni, Grand
Lodge members, and members from
the other TDs will be in attendance
for the official initiation of the first
women nationals in the 143 year
history of Theta Delta Chi.
The reaction of the women of the
house was generally the same.
"There was basically surprise and
shock when we heard of the
decision," said Amanda French
('92). "None of us really expected
things to change. There has always
been a slight tension in the house
because of the coed situation, but
now that should disappear." Added
Keri Saltzman ('93) , "It's really
TD members rejoice as women are
unbelievable. What's nice about the
whole thing is the way the guys
stuck up for us. Everyone feels closer
within the house now."
The most important thing about
the new decision of the national is
that the Bowdoin chapter is now in
accordance with the regulations that
the administration is soon to put
into affect and that still hang heavily
over the heads of other Bowdoin
accepted as full members
Photo by Chris Strassel
fraternities. Said former president
Scott Phinney, "we did what the
school wanted us to do and we just
want to put this whole thing behind
us. We're moving ahead now from
the decision." It remains to be seen
how the new status of Theta Delta
Chi will effect other Bowdoin
fraternities, ifatall,butit is probably
safe to say that the new TD will be
on the minds of a lot of fraternities
as they face an uncertain future.
Pemberton leaves Bowdoin
BY DANA M. STANLEY
Orient Contributor
Gayle Pemberton, lecturer in
English and director of Minority
Affairs, has taken a two year leave
of absence to assume a position as
Associate Director of African-
American Studies at Princeton
University.
Pemberton served in a range of
positions at Bowdoin. In 1986-87
she held a vone-year position
teaching American English
literature. For the second semester
of that year she became the Acting
Director of Afro-American Studies.
The next year she continued as
Acting Director of the Afro-
American Studies program and as
Visiting Associate Professor of
English. From Fall 1988 to Spring
1 990 she served in the newly-created
Director of Minority Affairs
position, while continuing as a
lecturer in English.
Her departure has caused
considerable discontent around
campus.
Pemberton proved to be
extremely popularamong students.
Shelby Cogdell '91, President of the
African-American Society, said
Pemberton divided one class into
two sections to accomodate
overwhelming demand.
"She brought something good,
interesting, and new to Bowdoin,"
said Cogdell. As an Americanist,
Pemberton's areas of specialization
are varied. But Cogdell said that
Pemberton "complemented her
knowledge of African-American
literature with personal experience"
in order to "present [that] material
in a way that students could better
understand." She noted that
Pemberton's ability benefitted all
students, not just minorities.
As one of two African-American
faculty members last year,
Pemberton gave support to many
students. Daniel Lind '91, a former
student of Pemberton, said in his
first year he felt "lost" at
predominantly white Bowdoin. "If
it wasn't for her, I don't think I
would have made it through
successfully," he said. Indeed, the
transfer and dropout rates among
students of color have been high at
institutions such as Bowdoin.
Pemberton also worked to foster
cultural diversity and awareness
while at Bowdoin. She was
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Homecoming for distinguished alumna
Faith Perry named director of Office of Multicultural Affairs
Faith Perry will head the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Photo by
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BY DANA M. STANLEY
Orient Contributor
An old department has a new
name and a new face this year. Faith
Perry '86 has been named acting
director of the Office of
Multicultural Affairs, formerly the
Office of Minority Affairs.
After working as a Bowdoin
Admissions Counselor from 1986-
88, Perry earned a master's degree
in A frican- American Studies at Yale
University.
The position , now in its third
year, is "still in the process of being
defined," Perry said. It was held in
its first two years by Gayle
Pemberton. Perry feels that much
more can be done. "Gayle had
teaching responsibilities. She did a
lot, but she didn't have as much
time to devote to the office."
Perry hopes to "get to know
students, find out what they're
doing, and what they hope to do" so
that she can be of help. Though she
will primarily be working with
students of diverse cultural
backgrounds, she is open to "anyone
who's interested in working toward
the goal of increased cultural
awareness and acceptance."
Perry mentioned some of the
projects which she is working on
currently. She is establishing
contacts with other campuses to
coordinate events and to "establish
a bigger base to work with."
She is also working with the
Bowdoin College African-American
Alumni Council to establish a
resource network for students. She
feels that alumni can serve as
"unofficial mentors" for students of
color.
Perry also said that she is
researching the historical experience
of people of color at Bowdoin in
order to better understand the
present situation.
More generally, Perry said that
she is working with virtually every
constituency, such as the
Admissions Office, Office of Career
Services, and the Dean of Students'
office, in order to facilitate inter-
office coordination, to improve
services and to upgrade the overall
environment for ethnic minorities
at Bowdoin.
Pemberton leaves Bowoin
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instrumental in planning the
African-American Society's
yearlong 20th anniversary
celebration of 1988-89. As Director
of Afro-American Studies she
coordinated a multidisciplinary,
team-taught course.
Shealso added African-American
literature to the core of the Afro-
American Studies major. And she
authored a monograph entitled On
Teaching the Minority Student,
which, according to current Director
of Afro-American Studies,
Randolph Stakeman, was very well
received both at Bowdoin and
throughout the academic
community.
This isn't the first time Pemberton
has considered leaving. After her
secona year at bowdoin, there was
no position for her in English, her
field of -expertise. A student
campaign was launched to keep her
at Bowdoin, and a petition was
submitted to the administration.
The next year she taught English
and assumed the new position of
Director of Minority Affairs. Dean
of Faculty Alfred Fuchs said that
the position was not created
expressly for Pemberton, but that
there was a recognition of both the
need for the position and of
Pemberton's value to the college.
Pemberton has insisted throughout
that she continue to teach.
Stakeman said that in addition to
student support, the success of her
monograph and a "recognition of
Gayle's abilities and of the college's
needs," may have contributed to
her staying.
This year, however, she decided
to take leave of Bowdoin for
Princeton. In an interview with
Mvelase Mahlaka '91, Pemberton
said that she was attracted by what
she described as a "thriving black
intellectual community." At
Princeton, she will be working
alongside such prominent scholars
as Toni Morrison, Nell Painter,
Albert Raboteau, Arnold
Rampersad, and Cornell West.
Joseph Litvak, chairperson of the
department of English, stressed the
fact that she has not resigned from
Bowdoin, but only taken a leave of
absence. "We hope and expect her
to return," he said.
Pemberton said in a phone
interview that Princeton gave her
an opportunity that she could not
forego. This is analogous to being
asked to be a part of the Harlem
Renaissance," she said. "I would
have been insane not to come here."
She said that there is a real feeling at
Princeton of being at the vanguard
of African-American scholarship.
Fuchs expressed hope that
Pemberton would come back. But
he acknowledged the strength of
the Princeton program. He said that
it is normal for a professor to move
among colleges to explore settings
which are most conducive to his or
her agenda.
Pemberton said that there are
things about Bowdoin which she
enjoys. She likes the liberal arts
atmosphere, the nature of teaching,
and the communities which form in
these settings. But she said in light
of the lack of fellow African-
American scholars, it was "hard to
grow intellectually and personally.
I needed to be renewed."
If she gets that sense of renewal
and felt no need to stay, she said
that there is a good chance she would
consider returning to Bowdoin. She
said that she has done most of her
teaching at liberal arts schools and
feels a "sense of commitment" to
them.
There is only one tenured, full-
time African-American professorat
Bowdoin, and the numbers for other
ethnicities are also low. Stakeman
said that the significance of
Pemberton's departure is greater
because of this imbalance. If there
were a "critical mass" of professors
of color, then the departure of an
individual would not be a crisis.
Stakeman expounded on the
importance of cultural diversity
among the faculty "for all students"
. He said it is important that minority
students have role models, and it is
important for whites to see that
"there are black intellectuals." "All
students need to hear minority
perspectives," Stakeman said. He
added that the faculty must also
hear minority viewpoints. The lack
of diversity, hesaid, "hurtseveryone
in a multiplicity of ways."
He said that this situation "is not
sudden." In the last ten years,
despite a sharp increase in the size
of the faculty, "there has not been
one black appointed to a tenure track
job."
There has not been authorization
for a tenure track position for
African-American literature, one of
Pemberton's areas of concentration.
Litvak said that he wrote to Fuchs in
February requesting such a position,
but that it did not materialize, partly
due to budgetary limitations.
Fuchs said that a position can only
be created after careful
consideration. There is a large
deficit, and there are competing
demands for college resources. "You
can't simply create positions," he
said. Fuchs speculated that with a
new president, there may be a new
agenda.
Litvak said that in May he went
directly to former President
Greason, before his knowledge of
Pemberton's leave of absence, to
"restate the need for a full-time
tenure track position in African-
American English." He said that
Greason said that he would consider
the possibility. "I never heard from
him again," he said.
Litvak said that the English
Department has tried to offer
African-American literature
consistently. From 1978-80, Lois
Lyles taught African-American
literature courses. In 1982 Eugenia
de la Mott, who is not African-
American, was hired for a tenure
track postion, but she left in 1987.
Pemberton taught the subject from
1986-90, and this year Wendall
Carter will be teaching.
Fuchs said that the English
Department has expanded and
added tenure track positions in the
recent past, but that priority was
given to areas besides African-
American literature.
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has been a desire for more minority
faculty at Bowdoin, there has been
"no sense of crisis or emergency."
Bowdoin must "do something out
of the ordinary" to recruit people of
color.
According toCogdell, "Bowdoin
doesn't recognize the value of
diverse faculty. When you have
someone here...it's a shame to lose
her."
Fuchs said the college does not
have a good record, 'T?ut it's not
from lack of effort." He expressed
frustration at the relatively low
number of minorities in applicant
pools for faculty positions. He said
that there are relatively few people
of color holding and studying for
doctoral degrees and that the
competition among colleges for
those scholars is substantial.
Among Bowdoin's efforts at
recruitment, Fuchs cited the
college's participation in a multi-
college minority consortium, which
invites doctoral candidates to teach
while they complete their
dissertations.
Fuchs acknowledged the need to
use more innovative recruitment
methods. But he said new ideas are
not being formulated. The deans of
all colleges like Bowdoin are
frustrated, he said.
Pemberton acknowledged
Bowdoin's difficulty. She said that
it is impossible for a college of this
size to compete for scholars with
schools like Princeton. Yet she said
that improvements could be made
in Afro-American Studies, which is
under review this year.
The commitment, she said, while
not as dismal as many students see
it, is nonetheless in need of
rejuvenation. With the changing of
the guard, she said, this is a "prime
moment for reaf firmarion."
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think, is for me to get to know the
college first of all - to understand
the programs that are here. There
are certainthings that could be done.
In fact they are already being done.
1 don't mean to suggest that this
place doesn't have some common
vision of what the liberal arts are - it
certainly does - palpably, very
effectively. But, you know, there
are some things that can be done
which 1 1 h i nk are good - for example,
something which I thought was a
very good idea was having the
freshmen read a common book, so
that when they arrive at their
seminars, each freshman attended a
seminar. Some of the seminars were
very diverse-different cuts, different
ways at it. One of the things I'm a
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the freshman seminar, because I
think that it defines with more
disparity the. difference between
high school and college. A good
seminar is not a freshman therapy,
and its not remedial writing. Its the
opportunity to wrestle, saturate, in
a disciplined fashion, with some
great issue, whatever it may be. It
could be a variety of disciplines -
philosophy, something in English.
In particular a turn
in the history of
humankind,
whatever it is. But
the opportunity to
be an able, young
mind meeting with
a professor on a
topic that professor
knows very well.
Not to pack-in
knowledge, but in
fact to use at a fresh
level one's
intellectual
faculties. That is a
kind of unifying
program that
declares all a
refreshment. This is
what we are, this is
what Bowdoin is
and lives.
There are already
freshman seminars
here, as you know.
And my belief, my
major question is a
very pertinent one
about programs.
Frequently it is not
few things - its
encouraging those
things that are
already in place -
that could be
stronger or
whatever. In that
sense, I'm a
conservationist. If
you look carefully
you find there are
many things like
that.
Orient: How do you plan on
meeting the diversity issue?
Edwards: Well, I mentioned the
financial thing. The objective here,
very bluntly, is to make sure that
when I stop being president of
Bowdoin, we pass it on with a
budget that is in balance, and an
endowment that is growing, so that
the next generation can enjoy the
institution under the same condition
that we are enjoying now. And, so,
finances are a very important part
of my goals. I'm very concerned,
this is the question you had earlier,
I deeply believe we must bea diverse
and interesting community.
America is different, the world is
different, and 1 believe we are less
interesting if we are not diverse.
There is the opportunity; for we
need interest in the blacks,
Hispanics, minorities who are a
huge asset to the place.
Orient: What is your first
impression of Bowdoin?
Edwards: We have been here for
a little over two weeks," and you
form impressions. ..there's
absolutely no question. And I think
that this is basically an institution
which is happy and in good spirits.
I think there is a fundamental
decency and niceness - we know
that very well. But, its impressive to
walk around the campus and when
I say good morning, people look me
in the eye, people aren't going
around with their head down
looking in thedistanceor whatever.
There's a kind of alert directness to
the place which I thought very
reassuring, very welcome.
Orient: What are your opinions
about the fraternities and the
changing social atmosphere?
Edwards: You know, that is an
area that I'll probably need to get
more learning in because I'm only
familiar with one institution's
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all I have are some broad ideas about
what social life is supposed to be in
an institution, and I think it is
supposed to be relaxation, high
spirits. But it is also an atmosphere
that must enable young people to
grow in freedom and in confidence
and without fear and feelings of
compulsion, or that kind of thing.
Its that freedom about the
reinforcing character of the social
atmosphere in young people at an
important time in their lives, that I
feel fraternities and other
organizations, totheextent that they
can help build that atmosphere, do
well. People will always form
groups of affinities, common
interests. On the other hand, if they
are exclusive, if groups can be
destructive and damaging to other
human beings, then, they must be
encouraged to be different. I come
to this with absolutely no prejudices,
but I do come with an anticipation
of high standards. What I want to
do, is let everyone understand that
I have expectations myself. .and 1
think we can expect the best of
fraternities, academic departments,
and everyone else.
Orient: Is there anything that you
would like to tell the students,
faculty, and the community?
Edwards: No, just high
expectations of Bowdoin. I'm
delighted. This is a genuine honor.
This is an exceptional place.. .I'm
looking forward to meeting
students. 1 don't have yet a real
sense of what the forums are. I'd
like for example, to go to lunch with
the editors of the Orient, I'd be very
glad to go. I'm interested in meeting
the Afro-Americans, and various
other groups, and I hope other
people invite me to their studv
breaks, things like that - I'll accept.
So, getting to know the students is
something I'd very much like to do.
I very much like this tradition of
signing in freshmen.
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September 7, 1990 7
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Homer etching donated to Bowdoin Museum
BY NANCY ECKEL
Orient Arts Editor
The Bowdoin College Museum
of Art has recently acquired a rare
etching, "A Voice from the Cliffs,"
by Winslow Homer. During a
brief ceremony, Donald and
Susan Zuckert of New
Hampshire, donated the work in
tribute to retiring Bowdoin
President LeRoy Greason and
Polly Greason in recognition of
their 38 years of service to the
college.
Mr. Zuckert graduated from
Bowdoin in 1956 and is currently
a member of the college's Board
of Overseers. "A Voice from the
Cliffs" is a notable addition to the
museum's extensive Winsiow
Homer collection. The etching is
an important one for several
reasons. In the mid-1 oWs, Homer
took up etching for a short period
of time. The enterprise was an
artistic success but was
unrewarding financially. Homer
mastered the etching medium
after taking only a few lessons
and produced a small number of
impressions of eight different
subjects. He did no more etching
after 1889. Therefore, the few
examples that he did produced
are treasured because of their
rarity and exceptional quality.
"A Voice from the Cliffs," still
pristine condition and
in
measuring 19 by 30 inches, is one
of Homer's largest etchings. Only
six impressions of this image were
printed on parchment and signed
by the artist in pencil, making
Bowdoin's version a rare treasure.
In fact, this particularetching was
originally given by Winslow
Homer to his older brother, and it
has been in the family ever since.
In 1881 Homer went to England
whereontheNorthSea he painted
the fisherfolk and their women.
The etching, "A Voice from the
Cliffs," was based on a watercolor
of the same name which Homer
painted in 1883, shortly after he
returned to Prout's Neck. He also
rendered an oil version of the
same subject, "Hark the
Lark,"which is now at the
Milwaukee Art Museum.
"A Voice from the Cliffs" is a
particularly appropriate gift to
augment Bowdoin's growing
Winslow Homer Collection. The
Collection is composed of three
maingroups,includinga selection
of Homer's painting, an
assortment of memorabilia
pertaining to his career, and a
comprehensive set of examples
of his work in the graphic arts.
"A VoicefromtheCliffs'Ms now
on view in the Walker Art
Museum in the Winslow Homer
Gallery. Museum hours are
Tuesday to Saturday, 10a.m. to
5p.m.; Sunday, 2 to 5p.m.
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' A Voice from the Cliffs," 1888 by Winslow Homer, donated to the Bowdoin Museum of Art.
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his stage works while capturing
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the twisted games his characters
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year's best film, House of Games
Friday, September 7, Smith may be one f the most disturbing
auditorium, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m. movies you , n ever seG
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
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wife, talented Lindsay Crouse,
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returning seniorsand newly arrived
first year students, opened last
spring, and has certainly been
greeted warmly by the Bowdoin
population. Last weekend when 1
went down there with some friends,
I almost felt like I had not even left
campus: I counted at least seven
other Bowdoin students in the
vicinity of my table.
The First Wok specializes in
Szechuan, Hunan and Cantonese
Cuisine. With over one hundred
dishes to choose from, arranged in
the categories of beef, pork, moo
shu, vegetables, lo mein, cho w mcin,
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something for everyone. There is
even a section of the menu for health
conscious people. (These meals are
steamed rather than fried.)
If you are legal, I highly
recommend beginning your meal
with one of the exotic drinks that
appear at the front of the menu.
However, if you are not yet 21, do
not let yourself beexcluded, because
these drinks taste just as good
without the alcohol. Although these
drinks are not really Chinese, they
still arc well worth the try. Of course,
for the purists there is Tsing Tao
beer, straight from the People's
Republic of China and
complimentary tea.
My friends and I started off with
an order of steamed vegetable
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Either steamed or fried, dumplings
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only guilty of excellence
BY DANA H. GLAZER
Orient Staff
Watching Harrison Ford cry was
certainly a surprise. But that is just
the beginning of surprises
"Presumed Innocent" has in store.
"Presumed Innocent" is a
courtroom drama which follows
Rusty, played by Harrison Ford, as
his life falls into chaos when he
becomes the primary suspect in the
brutal murder of a beautiful co-
worker with whom he had been
having an affair.
There are many things which
make "Presumed Innocent" a great
mystery/ suspense film. In recent
memory, only "The Jagged Edge"
dares to push the courtroom drama
as far as "Presumed Innocent."
This new movie is certainly a
roller coaster ride to watch. It is so
packed and fast moving that one
dare not get up to buy another
popcorn for fear of missing a piece
to the puzzle. This film keeps you
on your toes as you try to figure out
who is the killer. I have toadmit that
the film took me for a loop.
The use of editing in the film, as
well as flashbacks, were executed
with swift rhythmic grace. The very
abrupt scene changes and quick
cutting add to the jarring experience
of watching the film. The time shifts
from flashback to present were cut
in a manner which successfully
conveys the full effect of probing
deeper and deeper into Rusty's
mind. For example, the first
flashback only includes a brief close-
up of Rusty's lover, while she lies in
bed looking at him. The next
flashback of the affair builds on that
first image. Until we ultimately get
to see exactly how the affair began.
This building of tension and
increasing of images makes for a
fast paced film that grips one and
doesn't let go.
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8 Septempier 7, 1990
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Presumed-
(Continued from page7)
Along with the film's excellent
useof pacing, "Presumed Innocent"
also was able to achieve a highly
psychological effect due to its use of
lighting. For one thing, the lighting
in all of the courtroom scenes comes
from above. This angle emphasizes
the actors' jowls,darkenstheireyes,
and forms quite a ghoulish effect.
This is extremely effective with
Rusty, because since we can not
always see his eyes, it suggests to us
that he might not be as trustworthy
as he seems. This places strong
doubts in the viewers minds, and
makes one's judgment of Ford's
character even more difficult.
However, lighting is not the only
visual effect used to create the
disturbing atmosphere in
"Presumed Innocent." The locales
were also perfectly chosen to add to
the gloomy intensity of the film. For
example. Ford and Denehey have
one scene in which they are in a
glass elevator, which operates
outside of the building. As the
elcvatordesccnds,thebeatpicksup
with the combined effect of the
speed, the bars passing by, and
Denehey getting increasingly angry
with Ford. Eventually, when
Denehey' s anger reaches its peak,
the elevator reaches the basement
and the screen becomes
blackened .This scene, along with
others like the cold stone stairwell
setting, add to the frantic intensity
of the film.
However, "Presumed Innocent"
would not be what it is if Harrison
Ford did not have the main role.
This is a movie which requires a
really great actor to pull off the main
character. Ford stands up to the
challenge and completely succeeds
in conveying the plethora of
emotions which hischaracter. Rusty,
must contend with. This is no simple
feat, since Ford must simultaneously
show that on the one hand his
character Rusty truly wants his wife
to forgive him, and on the other
hand, he is still obsessed with the
woman he presumably
murdered.
One thing which should be noted
is that people who have read the
book are less enthusiastic about the
film adaptation of "Presumed
Innocent" than those who have not,
myself included. It is a valid point
to say that most film adaptations of
books are never as good as the books
themselves. However, one thing to
keep in mind is that "Presumed
Innocent" is a mystery /suspense
film, and it loses it's thrill if one
already knows how the film is going
to conclude.
So go see "Presumed Innocent" if
you arelooking foran intense movie
experience-and if you think you can
figure out who the murderer is.
Calendar
Wednesday, September 12, 1
p.m.
Sunday, September 16, 3 p.m.
Walker Art Building. Gallery
talk, 'Tiny Faces, Forgotten
Lives: Miniatures in the
Bowdoin College Museum of
Art," William C. Wattcrson,
associate professor of English.
Wednesday, September 19, 1
p.m.
Sunday, September 23, 3 p.m.
Walker Art building. Gallery
talk, "Shining Examples:
Reflections on the Bowdoin
Silver Collections," Martha G.
Fales, honorary curator of silver
and jewelry, Essex Institute,
Salem, Massachusetts.
Tuesday, September 25, 7:30
p.m.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts
Center Slide lecture, "Edward
Perry Warren: Collector of Art
and Conspirator Againt Boston,'
Martin Green, Harriet Fay
Professor of Literature, Tufts
University, and author. The
Mount Vernon Street Warrens.
Wednesday, September 26,
1p.m.
Sunday, September 30, 3 p.m.
Walker Art Building. Gallery
talk, "Nineteenth-Century
American Sculpture: A Social
Context," Judith Ellen Sobol,
director, Joan Whitney Payson
Gallery of Art, Westbrook
College, Portland.
Opera
Film Series
Holocaust
A series of six opera videos will be shown at
Bowdoin College, in Kresge Auditorium,
Visual Arts Center. All six videos will be
shown on Sunday evenings, will begin at 7:00
p.m., are free, and are open to the public.
Operas included in the series include two
versions of Mozart's The Magic Flute,"
Verdi's "Don Carlo," Puccini's "La Boheme,"
Weill's "The Threepenny Opera," and
Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress."
The videos are being shown in conduction
with Musk 135, & course titled "Opera: Love
Sometimes Conquers All," taught by Assistant
Professor of Music James W. McCalla. The
course studies operas from the late eighteenth
to the mid -twentieth centruries in which love
plays an important role, both in plot and in
theme.
The dates aret -
September 9 "The Magic FIute"<Ingmar
Bergman version)
September 16 The Magic Flute"
(Glyndebourne version)
September 30 "Don Carlo"
October 28 "La Boheme"(Zeffirelli
version)
November 11 The Threepenny Opera"
November 25 The Rake's Progress"
A series of films on the Holocaust will take
place at Bowdoin College on Wednesday
evenings through December 5 at 7:30 p.m. in
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. The films are free
and open to the public.
The films are being shown in conduction with
German 51, a course titled The Literary
Imagination and the Holocaust," taught by
George Lincoln Skolfield, Jr. and Professor of
German Steven R. Cerf. The aim of the course is
to analyze the literary treatment of the Holocaust,
a period between 1933 and 1945, during which 11
million innocent victims were systematically
murdered by the Nazis.
The dates are:
September 5
September 12
September 19
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 1
October 24
November 7
November 14
November 21
DecemberS
"Night and Fog"
The Diary of Anne Frank"
TriumpoftheWill"
The White Rose"
"Shoah"(D
"Shoah"(lD
"Shoah"(IU)
"Shoah"(IV)
"Playing for Time"
"The Boat is full"
"David"
"Sophie's Choice"
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SPORTS
Things are looking up for Katie Gradek '91 and the women's tennis
team. Photo by Chris Strasssel
New coach leads tennis
BY ERIC LUPFER
Orient Contributor
Rosalind Kermode, Bowdoin's
new women's tennis coach, is
optimistic about this year's
season.
Four of last year's top six seeds
are returning, and the pool of first
year players seems strong.
If the team stays healthy and
has a bit of luck, last year's record
of 5-6 should be bettered.
Kermode comes to Bowdoin
from Amherst, Massachusetts,
where she served as the assistant
coach for the men's and women's
tennis teams at Amherst College.
This is her first year as a head
coach.
The real strength of this year's
team should be its depth. Cc-
captains Heidi Wallenfels and
Kathryn Loebs are both three-year
letter winners, and Wallenfels is
one of the best singles players in
New England Division III.
With a good season this year she
has the potential to be ranked in
the top fifty players in the nation.
Sophomores Marti Champion
and Alison Vargas were bright
spots on the team last year.
Champion distinguished herself as
a fine doubles player, and Vargas
had a good showing at the New
Englands in October.
Junior Nicole Gastonguay had a
personal record ofl 1 -5 last season,
the second best winning
percentage on the team.
Senior Katie Gradek, a two year
letter winner, returns to the team
after a one year hiatus.
With just a few practices behind
them the team is still coming
together and getting acquainted
with Coach Kermode.
The team rankings will be
worked out in next week, and the
team's first match is at home on
September 1 4 against Middlebury.
LaPointe receives
national lacrosse award
Recently retired Bowdoin
Collegemen's lacrosse coach Mort
LaPointe is the co-recipient of the
1990 Joseph R. Julien Service
Award, presented by United States
Intercollegiate Lacrosse Coaches
Association (USILCA). The award
was announced at the USILCA All-
America awards banquet on
Saturday, June 9, Baltimore, Md.
LaPointe, who retired after the
1990 season, led his teams to a 218-
76 (.742) record in 21 seasons as
Bowdoin coach. Hisl990 Polar
Bear squad finished the season
with a 15-2 record and won the
Eastern Collegiate Athletic
Conference (ECAC) Division III
New England championship,
LaPointe's fifth such title. LaPointe
was 83-24 in 1 1 years at the Lenox
(Mass.) School, givinghim 301 total
coaching victories.
The Joseph R. Julien Service
award is a national collegiate
service award which is presented
annually by the USILCA. LaPointe
received the award along with
Tommy Thomsen, head lacrosse
coach at Denison University in Ohio.
LaPointe was awarded the
Neville B. Smith award as New
England Intercollegiate Lacrosse
Coach of the Year in 1974. He was
a pointed an assistant coach for both
thel975North-Southand 1978 East-
West senior all-star games.
In 1974, LaPointe was elected to a
three-year term on the NCAA
Lacrosse Rules Committee. He was
re-elected in 1977 and has served as
chairman of the six-member
committee. He is a former president
of the New England Intercollegiate
Lacrosse Association.
A 1955 graduate of Trinity
College, where he earned a B.S.
degree, LaPointe received an M.A.
in Liberal Studies from Wesleyan
University in 1965.
Health key to women's soccer success
BY DAVE JACKSON
Orient Staff
One of last year's biggest success
stories, the women's soccer team
hopes to put together another
impressive season in 1990.
The team is currently battling a
rash of in juries to fivcof the veterans,
but, when healthy, brings a
formidable lineup to the field.
Coach John Cullen expects this
team to be "more explosive
offensively, less disciplined
defensively^' with the turnover of
players from last year's 10-5-1 team.
The improved offense comes from
the return of Christine Neill '91 and
Didi Salmon '92 to the lineup.
Neill spent last year studying in
Scotland, while Salmon missed most
of the season due to illness. Cullen
remarked that both had regained
their form from the previous season.
Neill and Salmon join juniors
Tracy Ingram and Krista Myslikand
sophomores Julie Roy and Jen Cain
to form a strong front line.
Midfield may be the deepest
position on the team, for four
reasons: Sarah Russell '91, Sara
Wasinger '92, K.C. Frary '92, and
Alicia Collins '93.
Co-captain Russell anchors the
groupand Cullen is impressed with
her leadership as one of four seniors
on the squad.
Wasinger has started the last two
years at right midfield, giving the
team experience and hustle.
Frary was injured much of last
season, but played extensively on
the 1988 team.
Collins has become one of the
team's best players in a very short
time. Cullen cited her as "rapidly
improving; she is playing very well
this year."
Defense has been the biggest
puzzle for Cullen, with the
graduation of two starters and an
injury to Tammy Ruter '93.
Cullen had pencilled in Ruter as
the starting sweeper until a stress
fracture in her foot sidelined her.
Ruter will probably miss one to three
weeks.
Still, the return of veterans Lynn
Mastre '91, Carol Thomas '93, Beth
Small '92 and Caitlin Collins '93
gives the team a solid foundation at
the position.
Both of last year's goalies return.
Co-captain Mel Koza '91 and
Caroline Blair-Smith '93 combined
for seven shutouts last season.
Though Koza is slowed by a leg
injury, both are playing well.
In addition, Cullen expects maybe
as many as four pew faces to have
an impact on the team.
But most notable among the new
faces is an old one. Two-time All-
America Karen Crehore '90 is the
team's new assistant coach.
The first woman coach in the
team's history, Crehore has the
advantage of knowing most of the
players and the Bears' opponents.
Cullen is excited about Crehore's
return.
He noted. "This is a great chance
for Karen to meet the top coaches in
New England and learn the
coaching ranks."
Middlebury comes to town to
open a tough schedule for the Bears
on Friday, Sept. 14 at 3pm.
Cullen is cautiously optimistic
despite the tough schedule, but
adds, "More than anything else, we
need our health to be successful."
Mixture of veterans and newcomers
strengthen field hockey
BY ANDREA HENRICHON
Orient Contributor
Strengthened by someof the most
promising first-year students this
team has seen in recent years, the
Women's field hockey team is ready
to tackle another season under the
direction of Coach Sally LaPointe
and Assistant Coach Audrey
Augustin.
Leading this year's starting lineup
iscaptain Nancy Beverage '91 whose
many honors include three varsity
letters, two-time All State, and
Regional All American. She will be
counted on to provide scoring in
the upcoming season.
Beverage will be backed by two-
time All State goalie Lynn Warner
'91 in her fourth varsity season.
Sara Clodfelter '91 will also be
relied upon for scoring as she enters
her third year as a varsity player.
Displaying strength as a
centerback in her second varsity
season, Jessica Storey '91 will be in
the starting lineup as well.
The final returning varsity
member is two-time letterwinner
Sara Beard 92 who will be helping
out the defense in her position as
halfback.
There are fourteen first-year
students going out for the team.
Four members of the class of '94 will
most likely be in the starting lineup.
Though four of the team's
stronger players are studying
abroad, Coach LaPointe is very
excited about this year's group and
believes that they can match or
improve upon their 1989 record of
9-3-1.
In tense practices bega n on August
30 to insure that the team would be
prepared for next weekend when it
starts the season against Trinity on
September 1 5th and Amherst on the
16th.
Last year's team beat Trinity 3-1,
and LaPointe hopes to repeat this
performance in front of a large
Bowdoin crowd here next Saturday.
Rebecca Smith "94 swings into action in a recent field hockey practice. Photo Chris Strassel.
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Returning players spark men's soccer
Senior midfielder Steve Pokomy prepares for the opening match of the season which will be against the
University of New England on September 14. Photo by Chris Strassel.
Sailors optimistic about future
BY DAVE WILBY
Orient Sports Editor
"We have high hopes," said co-
captain Tally Blumbcrg '91 about
the fortunes of the 1990 Bowdoin
sailing team.
Led by second year coach Manny
Sargent, a solid nuclcusof returning
lctterwinncrs will try to improveon
last year's results.
CoachSargent hasbroughtagreat
deal of sailing knowledge and boat
maintenance experience to the
squad, as well as a consistency that
was lacking before his arrival.
Co-captains Blumbcrg and Phil
Gordon '92 will lead the team
through a ten regatta schedule that
features very tough competition.
Two-time letterwinncrs Mike
Libonati and Charles Strout, both
seniors, will contribute needed
experience, as will classmate Keith
Nicolai, who is heading up the big
boat division.
The returning juniors sailing this
fall arejonathan Briggs and Duncan
Hollis.
Charlotte Thcbaud and Heather
Nelson will return as a team for
their second season. According to
Blumberg/'they did really, really
well last year," and they have a
promising season ahead of them.
The future of the sailing program
is also looking promising, as the
squad has "a lot of interested first-
year students,"said
Blumberg/'They're really
enthusiastic."
The new boats which are toarrive
in time for the 1991 season are
another big reason why the team is
already thinking about next year.
There is optimism for this year's
sailing team as they will get
underway at the Bag-A-Deuce
Regatta at Maine Maritime
Academy this weekend.
BY DAVID SCIARKETTA
Orient Asst. Sports Editor
For the past two weeks, the men's
soccer team has been working
diligently, honing their skills for the
upcoming season, and from all
indications they have been doing a
stellar job.
Coach Tim Gilbride said he was
"very pleased" with the ttyouts so
far. 'The players returned in great
physical shape, and have been
working extremely hard," said
Gilbride.
When asked if there were any
promising first-year players to
watch for, Gilbride replied with a
smile that he would rather discuss
the "older guys" for now. As of
mid-week, the final cuts for varsity
had not been made, and the younger
players still had a chance to
distinguish themselves in
scrimmage.
As for the "older guys", many of
them are no longer here. The team
lost twelve seniors to graduation,
which has created some openings.
The Bears are facing a perplexing
situation in the goal, as none of the
three keepers vying for the spot has
any varsity experience. The
candidates are Andre Dc Lasa '92,
Andy Wheeler '93, and Jason
Wilhclmsen '94.
While the goalkeeping situation
is unresolved as of yet, one thing
Gilbride knows for sure is that co-
captains Amin Khadduri '91 and
Bill Lange '91 are more than ready
to provide the team with the type of
senior leadership it needs.
"Amin has looked great so far",
said Gilbride. "He has been and
will continue to be one of the top
defenders in New England."
As for Lange, Gilbride said the
midfielder really came into his own
half-way through last season, and is
looking strong.
Another returning veteran who
is sure to drive opposing defenses
crazy is Lance Conrad '91. The
specdyforward is "very dangerous"
according to Gilbride, and is
expected to have a big year.
Two sophomores to watch closely
are midfielder Greg Lennox and
defenseman Peter Van Dyke.
"Greg has a good shot and docs
nice things with the ball, while Peter
is a quick, solid player who passes
very well."
"The players
returned in great
physical shape, and
have been working
extremely hard. "
The Bears will open the season by
hosting the University of New
England on September 14, and
Gilbride says the opposition will be
"up for the game."
Bowdoin will get a chance to work
together as a cohesive team, in what
Gilbride sees as an important test
for his players.
Despite the loss of the twelve
seniors, Gilbride is very optimistic
that his sixth year of coaching will
be a winning one.
Said Gilbride, 'The foundation of
this year's team will be a nucleus of
returning players that started or
played a lot last year."
It is this nucleus that promises to
giveusa very exciting soccer sea son.
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Lewallen says these incidents are
similar to those of previous years
and that they are generally the result
of "inexperienced drinkers having
too much at the first part [of the
school year]."
Lewallen explained that although
the week's problems were not
limited to new students, he was
concerned about the immediate
involvement upon arrival of first-
year students in fraternity and
apartment parties where alcohol is
served. "Fraternities are having
*house parties' that turn out to be
open parties. New students are
finding a rich source of alcohol at
the apartments and fraternities."
Lewallen noted that the tendency
of upperclassmen to arrive at the
beginning of Orientation week has
contributed to the problem. "Older
students are returning earlier to
party longer. As a result, newer
students are less equipped to
establish boundaries. Of course, our
older students aren't helping them,
either."
Lewallen emphasized that the
administration "will be exploring
ways to correct this [Orientation]
situation," and outlined his view of
the fssue. "As dean, I am concerned
about how we introduce new
students into our community. At
one level, we show students
intelligent, cerebral ways of
confronting problems throughout
the day and evening. Then
fraternities and apartments show
students how to behave
irresponsibly and dangerously. That
is a contradiction of our orientation
mission."
A safety tip from Security
Bowdoin College Safety and
Security wishes to alert community
residents to several incidents which
occurred during Orientation and
the first weekof classes. There have
been several cases of theft,
including the taking of cash from
an unlocked room (Zete), a tape
player from another unlocked
room (Chi Psi), and a license plate
from a car parked in the Coffin
Street Lot.
In addition,, five bicycles have
been stolen from campus, one of
which has been recovered. All
bicycles stolen were not locked.
A rash of bicycles theft is underway
throughout Brunswick.
Attempted entries during the
night have been reported in both
Coles Tower and Baxter House.
Safety and Security Director
Michael Pander asked for
assistance from the community in
the form of locking bicycles and
unoccupied rooms and by calling
Security immediately when
suspicious persons are seen.
Trubeau named first year student advisor
BY MARK JEONC
Orient News Editor
The Bowdoin Administration
named a new First Year Student
Advisor, Barbara Trudeau. In the
past, the job was given to a person
from the graduating class for a year.
Starting this year, however, the
administration is making it a
permanent position. Trudeau has
been appointed for one year, but
her commission can be extended to
a permanent position, this to be
decided by the administration at a
later date.
Trudeau became familiar with
Bowdoin through her husband, who
is the Director of Payroll. She said
her decision to come to Bowdoin
was influenced by the students and
the academic atmosphere.
Trudeau is not a newcomer to
student advising. She brings her
experiences from University of
Massachusetts at Amherst. She was
involved with SAREO, a student
administration and research group.
She was also involved with other
student-oriented administrative
organizations. Prior to Bowdoin, she
worked, with the Childrens'
Hospital in Boston.
Trudeau is enthusiastic about
working with the new class. She has
initiated several new programs,
including the Meet Your Freshmen
Advisor program, which proved to
be very successful. She has been
given a great deal of freedom to try
programs meant to help new
students find direction at Bowdoin.
Eating disorders effect one out
of every five college-aged women.
If you suspect that you or someone
you care about may have an eating
disorder, call the Bowdoin College
Counseling Service at ext. 31 45 and
set up a time to talk with counselor
Mary McCann. Find out about
individual and group counseling
as well as the formation of student-
based outreach programs. Let's do
something about this problem!
Two join the Counseling Center's staff
BY SHARON HAYES
Orient Editor in Chief
With last summer's vacated
positions in the Counseling Center,
two new members will be joining
the staff this year.
Betty Thompson of Wichita will
be replacing Kathi Brown as the
minority counselor.
The position, said Dean of the
College Jane Jervis, has two parts:
one is to be a counselor to the
students, addressing the particular
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other is to be an advocate within the
institution.
It is important that the person in
this position help students of color
through the difficulties of adjusting
to the predominantly white-male
institution, and at the same time
help the institution better meet the
needs of students of color, she said .
Although Thompson will not be
on campus until the first of October,
Acting Director of the Counseling
Services Robert Vilas said,
"Diversity is not a one-person issue
as far as this counseling center is
concerned."
"One thing we're real conscious
of as we start this year is the need for
some healing to take place," he
added, referring to student anger at
the dismissal of former minority
counselor Kathi Brown.
Vilas said' student opinion was
very important in the search for that
position. "I think [Thompson's] a
person the students are going to
have a hard time not liking," he
said.
In Wichita, Thompson worked as
program coordinator of the Health
Careers Opportunity Program. In
that role she worked to recruit and
retain students of color and
economically disadvantaged
students into allied health
professions.
She has also served as president
of the Kansas Association of
Multicultural Education and
Development, as a counselor for the
Kansas State Department of
Education, and as a lecturer in the
minority studies department at
Wichita State University.
Also joing the center's staff is Kari
Wagner of Portland. Wagner came
from a position as acting director of
tenant support services for the
Portland West Neighborhood
Planning Council.
Vilas will serve as acting director
of the Bowdoin Counseling Center,
as this summer's search was
suspended because of a narrowfield
of applicants.
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said. "The campus is hopping right
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Well he's here.
The one we've all heard
about, the one we've all
waited for.
You might have thought he was a
Letters
A friend says goodbye
institutions on issues such as diversity —
and direly in need of revitalization.
If the reality is half as good as the
myth, Bowdoin Will be a much improved the Moulton Union in August.
institution, with such differences as an Hovv ever, my husband has been
increased recruitment of a diverse
To the Editor,
When I left in May, I thought I
would be returning to my desk at
transferred to Montana and we are
moving there.
I'm sorry that I wasn't able to say
"goodbye" to all the people who
were so nice to me in my three years
at the Information Desk and want
you to know that I will miss you
very much! Bowdoin is a special
place and it was a privilege to be
part of it.
Best Wishes,
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Students weren 9 t asked
messiah, the way people stop and stare
when he walks by and talk when he's safely faculty and student body, a well-run
out of view about the changes he'll soon budget and honest communication
make. The talks are about the future between the administration, faculty and
Bowdoin — under the leadership of Robert the student body.
Edwards. On the other side, the downfall of the
Maybe it was the secrecy of last year's mysticism surrounding Edwards' To the Editors:
presidential search that transformed him arrival could very well be a the As f amembcrofafratcrnit y ,since
into a mythical figure in the mind of the disappointment. With so many different concerned Bcn^om student, I have
average Bowdoin community member. groups to please, it is likely some will be closely followed the progression of
Or perhaps it was his experience in the let down. Bowdoin's social scene from one of
-. . i tl- l- i-i-i- near madness to a carefully
international arena. In his convocation speech he has coor dinated ,thou g hfiawed ,system
Possibly it was all those adjectives — already displayed the generality so of regulating parties. My
open, enthusiastic, distinguished — that important to the politics of college involvementinthisre S ardhasbeen
were excitedly spread around campus by presidency. We must accept the reality kJI^^SS^L^Z
the few who met him before the year started, that he is bound by the limitations of a member of Bowdoin's increasingly
In many ways Bowdoin needs a mythical position that prevents him from being le g itimate inter-Fraternity Council
figure like him. the champion of any one cause. [E? ? u ™ g m / EF" ° n f*
° r j IhC, 1 helped fashion rules
One Who can offer hope to a Student and He cannot be everyone's messiah and governing fraternity parties, rules Bowdoin's students and is merely a
faculty community frustrated by an to expect as much is to set oneself up for that, by most accounts, grow more puppet ofthose who would abolish
administration which did not always disappointment. ^nwe^ffyh^^eadipM^
. , ,. , : ,»„ , , week. Indeed, the IFC, under Bob
communicate the reasoning behind its What we can and should expect is Stuart's guidance, has spent the past
decisions. (Remember the uproar caused president who, in his own words, will two y cars perfecting this system,
by the recent 12 percent tuition increase, not "be swept along by a crowd," Now - °° b Stuart ** us tnat a
y r r o j i group of alumni with his support,
and by the chaotic Science Center ground- whether the crowd be alumni, faculty or have created a new system wherein
breaking.) students. And a president who will set a" ticketed parties will be abolished.
And one who can inject energy into an the tone for a more communicative us '. wltnout an y student
... . ,-,.,,, participation at all in the decision,
administration, one which will embrace two years of work go down the
keep ( track of fraternity
expenditures? Would houses be
required to report all of their
expenses to the college? Will
Bowdoin security double as
subsidiary of the IRS? And what if
myself, along with some of Stuart's
relatives, sat around a table and,
without consulting him, decided
that, for his own good, he was
forbidden to spend any of his
earnings on toilet paper? Imagine
his outcry.
Stuart's activities as advisor to
fraternities suggest to me that he
really has no interest at all in serving
institution that many believe to be
stagnant — 10 years behind similiar
rather than alienate its community.
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drain. This raises the intriguing
question of what Stuart is doing
and why, if this was his intention all
along, he didn't simply inform the
IFC of this goal two years ago. Was
the gradually more stringent
regulation of parties merely an
underhanded lead-us to this latest
development?
Another suggestion backed by
Stuart is that fraternity dues should
not be used for the purchase of
alcohol. Is this merely another one
of Stuart's ridiculous ideas that, like
so many others, will go the way of
the poagie? After all, who would
the school's fraternities altogether.
Indeed, with each new word spoken,
Stuart reminds me further of that
chronic fibber Pinocchio, also a
puppet, whose nose grew longer
with every lie he spoke. Will Bob
Stuart consent to routine profile
examinations?
In my opinion, Stuart's entire
notion of Bowdoin's fraternities
needs to be questioned. Not only is
his approach to the students on the
IFC oscillating and mercurial, but
also Stuart seems to have assigned a
role for fraternities in thecommunity
disproportional with the role he
would have them play here at
Bowdoin. No doubt fraternities
should play a positive role in the
local community but it should be
one consistent with the limited
facilities available to these
institutions. To this extent
fraternities do a good' job, but
certainly can do better.
Sincerely,
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OPINION
The Iraq delimma: Is the U.S. doing the right thing?
□ Presence of our country in the Middle East needs
to be diminished
BY J. P. DEVINE AND KEITH NOKES
Orient Contributors
Imperialism and consumerism. These two
words summarize the underlying motives
behind a massive United States military build
up in Saudi Arabia. Imperialism because the
United States once again views itself as the
police officer for the world, and has avoided
potentially meaningful dialogue in order to
legitimize its military presence in a post cold
war era. Consumerism because past energy
crises have failed to impress upon this nation
the need 'for both conservation and safe,
efficient alternative energy sources. If we
continue to follow our present course of action
the United States will find itself in a costly,
deadly, wholly unnecessary war.
By imperialism we mean to say that the
United States is using its military might to
foist its political and economic policies on the
people of the Middle East. It is, in fact, cultural
imperialism. In addition, with the perceived
threat of Communism diminishing quickly,
the situation in the Gulf affords the United
States the opportunity to rationalize its
massive military expenditures under the
pretense of protecting other states in the area
from Iraqi aggression. In truth, the United
States presence in Saudi Arabia has nothing
to do with the protection of human lives.
Until the invasion, the US not only ignored
Saddam Hussein's acts of oppression against
hisown people, butcontinued to tradeopenly
with the Iraqi government and to supply
military aid to Iraq in its war against Iran.
Why then has our reaction to Iraq's invasion
of Kuwait been so strong? Because on this
occasion, American interests are threatened.
Let's be frank, neither Kuwait nor Saudi
Arabia are paragons of human liberty. For
example, out of 1 .9 million Kuwait residents,
only 750,000 have citizenship rights, and only
60,000 males are allowed to vote. Even so, the
national assembly had been suspended by
the ruling family for four years prior to the
invasion, thus nullifying any citizen
participation.The Saudi Arabian ruling family
has never allowed a parliament. The United
States cannot even pretend to be supporting
Democracy in the region by aiding these
outdated, exclusionary monarchies. Instead,
the truth is that we support these countries
b ecau se of the oil concessions they have made
to us, and the support they have given us in
various military ventures (including the
Contra Account set up by the Reagan
Administration). Thus, it is geopolitical
consideration'; either than international justice
that form the oasis of United States foreign
policy. Is there any difference between the
motives underlying Saddam Hussein's
illegitimatetakeover of Kuwait and the United
States' invasion of Panama? In fact, there is
none. In the final analysis, both are attempts
to extend one country's influence over
another.
The United States, which comprises a scant
five percent of the world's population,
consumes over one-third of the world's oil. It
is this dependence that has necessitated, to a
great degree, the United States action in the
Middle East. Ours is a fossil fuel based
economy, and as such the United States is
susceptible and is forced to respond to crises
that threaten the oil flow. Our action, both in
the past and the present energy crises have
been short term solutions to what is definitely
a long term problem . The oil shortages of 1 973
and 1979 are testimony to the fact that neither
the United States government nor American
consumers have the foresight necessary to
arrive at a viable and sustainable energy
economy. Instead of encouraging
conservation in the wake of passing energy
crises, the government has continued to
subsidize oil sales, effectively encouraging
overconsumption. In the meantime, it has
done little to pursue alternative energy
sources, with the exception of nuclear energy,
which we know to be an unsafe and expensive
alternative. As a result, we are victims of the
wills and political designs of tyrant? such as
Saddam Hussein.
We are not suggesting that the United States
should take no part in rectifying the present
situation. However, it should not be, for all
intents and purposes, the sole presence in the
region. We believe that the United States'
presence should be diminished and replaced
with a truly multinational force, for two
reasons. Firstly, the economic embargo now
in place will almost certainly result in the
crippling of the Iraqi economy, and lead to
the restoration of Kuwait's national
sovereignty. Next, as the present situation
has truly global ramifications, the solution
should also be addressed globally.
Furthermore, we feel that our requirements
for a peaceful solution need to be addressed
to Hussein in a morelucid and direct manner,
specifically outlining plans for troop
withdrawal and reinstatement of Kuwait's
sovereignty. Just as important, the United
States government should provide more
funding to research and development of
alternative energy sources, as well as lowering
oil subsidies and pressing automobile
manufacturers to increase fuel efficiency. By
following these steps, the United States will
be encouraging conservation and reducing
dependence on foreign oil, thus lessening the
likelihood of conflicts such as these in the
future.
J.P. Devine is a junior, and Keith Nokes is a
sophomore. Both are members of Delta Sigma.
OHuessein faces a very intentional, a clear
opponent of unparalleled strength
BY BILL HUTFILZ AND JOHN
NICHOLSON
Orient Contributors
As a new weekly addition to the Orient this
year, campus commentators Bill Hutfilz and
John Nicholson attempt to focus thought on
the issues that affect our lives and times. We
welcome all comments and criticisms.
This week's topic : American Involvement in the
Iraq Crisis.
\
Bill: I lost the flip of the coin, so I'll launch
right in. Despite the bipartisan support for
American actions (to a large degree) at this
stage in the gulf, I propose that the United
States has acted entirely too rashly in dealing
with a potentially injurious situation, both for
the United States and forthe rest of the known
universe.
John: That's right Bill you did lose the flip,
and unfortunately on this issue I think most
of the known universe disagrees with you.
The expedience with which President Bush
consented to the Saudi call for military help
accomplished two major objectives. First, Iraqi
troops have stopped at the Saudi frontier, and
are moving from offensive to defensive
positions. Second, Bush has given Hussein a
black and white choice. Far fewer unknowns
now exist. Hussein faces a very intentional,
clear opponent of unparalleled strength. He
no longer must guess what theextent of world
reaction to his moves will be - our words of
warning have been backed with action.
Bill: Interesting, but drivel. First, the
"expedience" you refer to denied the Arab
nations any chance to defuse the crisis, not to
speak of the potential for U. N. action; two
days is hardly ample time to cool the tensions
which have been accumulated since Kuwait's
nationhood, which has lasted the better part
of this century. Second, while I must admit
that a war hawk would see untold merits in
military success, military commitment at this
time has tremendous faults: a) it provides the
ha wksacha nee to finally get into Saudi Arabia,
a location they will not be quick to depart
from; b) thecommitment brings theanimosity
of a number of Arab nations toward the United
States toa fever pitch; and c) the commitment's
final irony, which is that, in President Bush's
own words, we are going in thereto show that
might does not make right. In other words,
we are using might to make right to show that
might does not make right. Thisdoubletalkis
insulting to the American intelligence.
John: That's right Bill, this entire Iraqi thing is
the concoction of some repressed Dr.
"That's right Bill, this entire
Iraqui thing is the concoction
of some repressed Dr.
Stangelove locked in the
Pentagon to insure U.S. troop
presence in the Gulf."
John Nicholson
Strangelove locked in the Pentagon to insure
U.S. troop presence in the Gulf. Arab and
International condemnation of Iraq has been
almost unanimous. The anti-American fever
emanating from Arab quarters are those fringe
nations and people, such as Libya and radical
factions of the PLO, who have much to gain
from Iraq's unsettling currents. Moreover,
yourshrewd play on wordscompletely misses
the fundamental issue at hand. To compare
Iraq's unprovoked military invasion of a
helpless Kuwait with American actions is
preposterous. The might which we are
employing throughout the Gulf is of an
entirely different character, of an entirely
different motive; than that sent by a tyrant to
enslave a sovereign nation without
provocation. In fact, we are using our forces
in their ideal role. Our forces area deterrent to
prevent further bloodshed - to provide
Hussein with a no win situation.
Bill: Suppose I were to suggest that we are "in
fact" not using our forces as a deterrent, but
instead as protection of a less lofty goal?
Perhaps our engagement is not based on the
idyllic fundamentals of self-determination
and human rights (although the powers that
be would have us think so), but on the
shameful fundamentals of another aspect of
the "American way of life", that of shamelessly
unadulterated consumption of consumer
goods, i.e. we just want to drive around our
big, fat Cadillacs. John? '
John:That'sanawful lot of shame, Bill. Besides
I'm doing my part - 1 don't drive a car. Can the
same be said of you? I think not.
Bill Hutfliz and John Nicholson are both seniors
and members of Chi Psi.
Nostaglia for the present, drawing from an Alaskan experience
BY AUDEN SCHENDLER
Orient Staff
I remember when I used to visit my cousin
at the dock in Cordova, Alaska one summer,
at midnight in the half light of the impending
sunset and with the fine mists spinning in the
a ir around the streetlamps. We used to visit a
very tame sea otter which hauled out of the
water and groomed itself on the landing. That
was a spooky and haunting time for me; but
it was also a wonderful time — and those
feelings were compounded by the fact that as
I stood there in the mist and talked, I began to
feel nostalgic for where I was.
Understanding this feeling was as difficult
as describing it: what I knew was that beyond
the reality of the present (which was not
really a happy time) I could see clearly that I
would look back on Cordova with fondness
and perhaps longing. But it was an utterly
helpless feeling — the mechanisms for
capitalizing on such an awareness do not
exist. I remember that I tried to imagine how
five years from now in some dusty office I
might give anything to return to Alaska. When
I had built up this fantasy to such a degree
that I was feeling melancholy about my office
job, I pretended that my wish had come true
,and I was snapped miraculously back to
Cordova. The plan was that I would suddenly
start living life with incredible zest and
enthusiasm. Unfortunately, it takes a far more
powerful imagination and a shaky grasp on
reality to successfully do what I was trying to
do.
Another method I employed was
magnification of the present. I theorized that
if I had a hunch something would be a
particularly strong memory, I could live that
part of my life as if it were magnified, and
then the memories would be even stronger.
For example, if I went to the store every
Friday and realized that this would be a very
strong memory later in life, then maybe I
should go to the store for five hours on Fridays.
It would appear that to develop a new
appreciation for life through nostalgia for the
present is almost impossible. But there may
be some benefits: realize that such nostalgia is
a view of oneself from another perspective. It
is second sight. With this vision people can at
least see their position at that one particular
(Continued on page 18)
Auden Schendler is a junior, who spent the
summer of 1989 in Alaska.
18 September?, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
A philosophical letter to first year students
BY ANDREW WHEELER
Orient Focus Editor
Just eight days ago, 400 first-year
students, aged 1 7-19, started college
That first day was hectic with
everyone running around trying to
find their classes and hopefully
getting into four classes, no small
feat. As first-year students, while
you are settling down with your
course work, making friends,
visiting fraternities, you may
wonder what your first year at
Bowdoin will be like. Some of you
may be anxious about the reading
load in college while others are
curious about fraternities. Anxiety
and curiosity are extremely
prevalent in the mind set of first-
year students. I know because I was
one last year.
I suppose most of you chose
Bowdoin because you like a
"By putting into practice
a lot of ideas you believe
to be right is not
embarrassing at all."
Robert MacNeil
challenge. You like to think
critically. You want to learn from
others. You like to study. Whatever
the reason may be, you are here,
and there are many challenges that
lay ahead of you. But that is life, a
bunch of obstacles one faces. Your
experience here at Bowdoin will
hopefully prepare you for these
moments where you are tested.
Although I learned extensively
about political systems, micro and
macroeconomics and religion last
year, I was in a period of self-
revelation and discovery, trying to
find an identity. Through
interaction with peers and
professors, I learned of my
weaknesses and strengths. I
discovered that I was too
individualistic and subsequently
had no concern for others, but I
have sought to rectify the situation.
Now as many of my friends can
attest to, I love to share my ideas
and experiences with them. From
my classes, 1 learned quite harshly
that my writing was pathetic. I
have worked and contiuously strive
to write in a clear and concise style
One hears that institutions and
education can help influence and
shape one's values. Bowdoin has
done this for me. After reading
Habits of the Heart in comparative
politics last fall, I realized that my
family was not very close because
we seemed unable to express our
real emotions and feelings to each
other. We pretend to be strong, yet
we are vulnerable, like everyone.
From this revelation, I have
discussed this concern with my
family, and this summer I saw my
mother cry for the first time in ten
years. Sarah Hill '92 also influenced
me greatly regarding the notion that
a family should be tight and able to
communicate with one another.
From this experience, I believe
that institutions play a significant
role in influencing values. But it is
up to the individual to listen to
others with an open mind in hope
of recognizing a self revelation
which either demonstrates a flaw or
strength in the individual's
personality. On the other hand, if
an individual is rigid and firm in his
or her ways, there is little or no hope
for change.
Yesterday, my sociology course
discussed the fact that culture is
shared and learned. You learn from
others while others gain a new
insight from your communication.
First Amendment: welcome prez
BY KHURRAM DASTGIR-KHAN
Orient Staff
Thedoorof my apartment looked
uncharacteristically shiny as I stood
before it. The doof-lock gleamed,
proud in its newness. The kitchen
oven had been absolved of years of
residue. If that was not enough to
disorient a returning student, the
coup de grace was delivered by the
presence of a clean, azure shower
curtain in the bathroom. This writer
is not a ware whether the renovation
of college premises was routinely
due or was performed to welcome
the new president. It would take,
however, a peek underneath the
fresh paint to see the problems faced
by Bowdoin College at the start of a
new decade. The primary challenge
that Mr Edwards faces, at his
'commencement' at Bowdoin, is the
restoration of trust in the college
administration in the eyes of the
student body.
There are other more profound
challenges that also need solutions.
There are fundamental concerns
about the direction of the college;
where is it headed at the end of the
millennium? As we prepare to
celebrate Bowdoin's bicentennial in
three years' time, has the college
achieved in terms of its objectives
regarding education of the young?
These are but largely philosophical
and dialectical questions which the
students seldom ask or even
Nostgalia
consider. The students, however,
do ask the reasons behind a 6 percent
increase in tuition for 1990-91, as it
comes right on top of the whopping
12 percent increase in tuition for
1989-90. The status of the tuition
has been exalted from thievery to
sheer extortion i.e. $21,900 per
annum.
It would surely be argued that
private colleges across the nation
have raised their tuition to roughly
the same level as Bowdoin. Even
colleges with huge endowments,
like Princeton and Stanford, have
announced tuition hikes.
But we should not ignore the fact
that a majority of these colleges,
including Bowdoin, are currently
involved in an anti-trust case under
scrutiny of the United States
Department of Justice.
Setting aside the lofty ideals of
education, nurture and erudition,
one has to face the harsh reality that
private college education in the
United States has evolved into a
commodity, an expensive
commodity with students at its
consumers and a cartel at its helm (
education puritans must be
cringing). Though not a commodity
in itself, the abstract notion of trust
becomes one when involved in the
kind of transaction that 1400 people
are doing with Bowdoin.
Unfortunately, the consumers at
Bowdoin are not getting a fair deal.
From cutting of the pines in
(Continued from page 18.)
stage of life, which is no small
achievement. Not many are able to
do this, and fewer still even consider
it. But if one can achieve this
perspective, with no motive beyond
simple awareness, then it seems
reasonable to conclude that one's
existence would be made richer, if
only in a sense of self.
As Pearl S. Buck said: 'Tt is no
simple matter to pause in the midst
of one's maturity, when life is full of
function, to examine what are the
principles which control that
functioning."
Nostalgia for the present, with its
purely objective vision, can be the
first step towards understanding
and evaluating those principles
which govern our lives. It is only by
evaluating such principles that we
can ever change for the better.
summer '89 to tuition hike in
summer '90, the student body has
been at the receiving end of decisions
made in the hallowed portals of
Hawthorne- Longfellow.
Disregard for student opi nion and
participation has not been limited
to only the economic sphere. The
faculty did not even consider
reconsidering its resolution to shift
to a 5-point grading system after a
majority of students voted to
continue the current grading
system. Interestingly enough, the
faculty also chose to ignore the
considered and expert opinion of
the Recording Committee which
had earlier voted to maintain the
grading status-quo, albeit with some
definite changes.
The crisis-level shortage of
expenditure funds was expertly
concealed last year. While there
were news about the record
endowment last year; at the same
time the library was asked to
institute a real cut in its acquisitions
budget and the faculty was asked
not to hand out photocopies of
course readings if they exceeded a
few pages, etc., etc.. The students
were not informed that the college
was in grave fiscal trouble due to
over-budget cost of the Farley Field
House, or the interest payments on
the commercial loan acquired for
completion of this facility is draining
resources. The result: a large deficit.
Were the students informed: No.
If Mr Ed wards is to restore student
confidence in the administration he
shall have to confide in the students.
It is an insult to the student body
that it was not considered worthy of
confidence by the previous
administration. We have the right
to know the facts, fiscal or otherwise,
however unpleasant they might be.
We will understand because after
all, Bowdoin is ours too.
Khun am Dost gir- Khan is a sophomore
and is a freqent columnist for the
Bowdoin Orient.
My sociology professor also
mentioned that everyone is learning
not only to be society's members,
but also to be mentors. Although
you try to fit in with society's
expectations and demands, you
should try to find a niche yourself.
Take some chances. Go for it!
I had my fair share of risks last
year. As idealist and optimist, I
never lose hope of any situation.
For example, Peter Relic '93 and I
had the idea to see as many
professional basketball games as
possible during our two week
Spring Break last March. Peter had
the terrific idea of writing all the
general managers and asking them
for free tickets in an indirect, but
direct way. So we spent an hour
and crafted a letter and licked a
stamp on seven envelopes and
mailed them before Christmas. As
we told our friends about our idea,
many laughed and said there was
no way any team would respond. 1
never lost hope, though.
Upon our return to Bowdoin in
January, a letter each from the New
York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks
was in my mail box. As I opened the
Hawks' envelope, I saw a smaller
envelope that read Hardy's, a
corporate sponsor of the Hawks.
Two tickets were inside with a
personal letter from the executive
vice president, telling us to have a
terrific trip. From this experience,
we learned that it never hurts to try.
Take chances, question, think of
crazy ideas, and go for it at Bowdoin
in your four years. If you come up
short in one endeavor, that's life,
and you go onto the next.
When Robert MacNeil introduced
the MacNeil /Lehrer Report in 1975,
he had some doubt as to whether or
not the program would bea success.
Well, it has been very successful. If
you pursue new adventures, you
will inevitably doubt yourself at
times. But don't give up. MacNeil
discusses how public television
differs from commerical television
in his book. The Right Place at The
Ri ght Time . He writes: "By putting
into practicea lot of ideas you believe
to be right is not embarrassing at all.
It is gratifying not to have anything
to be ashamed of when you go home
at night."
Andrco Wheeler is a sophomore who is
spearheading the Focus section. The
inaugural issue will cover Bowdioin 's
financial status, due out in three weeks.
Pacifism, humility and
the right to choose
BY CHRIS BULL
Orient Contributor
As the abortion controversy
continues with no end in sight, I
am consistently amazed by the
dangerous arrogance with which
so-called "pro-lifers" seek to force
their point of view onto others.
As a pacifist, I am about as pro-
life as one can be; I feel that the
taking of a life is never justified,
no matter what thecircumstances.
Although many might then find
my pro-choice stance on the
abortion issue contradictory, it
actually derives from the same
basic tenets as my pacifism.
I am against all violence and
killing because I feel that no
human being is "better" than
another, and no human being is
"right" while another is "wrong."
People are killed because their
political opinions, religion, sex,
race or nationality because they
are deemed "wrong" by other
people who are'more powerful.
None of these reasons has been or
ever will be valid; basically, if
you have to kill someone to prove
yourself "right," you should
rethink your position as it is
obviously intellectually
indefensible. Anti-choice groups
will argue that this situation is
identical to abortion: one human
being denying another the right
to live. This, however, is missing
my point entirely. Anti-choicers
speak of the denial of a life, but
the question of when life begins is
complex and unanswerable —
does life come when
consciousness does? Conception?
When does the developing fetus
feel pain? Isn't contraception the
denial of life, then? Many,
including the Catholic Church,
say yes. But then isn't abstaining
from sex also denying life? The
sperm and the egg exist, and by
not bringing them together one is
avoiding opportunities to
tonceive. Taking time for
conventions such as marriage is
surely ludicrous when one
considers the staggering loss of
life evident in eVery non-child
bearing woman. If life is truly
potential life, our only task as a
nation should be to reproduce
constantly, or to consider
ourselves mass murderers.
While everyone has opinions,
noone person can prove if orwhen
abortion constitutes murder.
Whatever my own personal view
may be, I have no right to force it
on another person who has a
different opinion, which may
differ drastically from mine, but is
still valid. Everyone must find the
humility to see that, however
strongly a person may feel about
the point when life begins, one
might be wrong and must
therefore not force others to abide
by the same assumption. From a
civil rights standpoint, forcing one
woman not to have an abortion is
nodifferent from making a woman
judged unable to support a child
have an abortion. Both instances
force an opinion and its
consequences onto one person
whose belief is different.
I'd like to end with a plea to pro-
lifers: publish your views, voice
your opinions, but for the sake of
a free society, don't pass legislation
forcing others to abide by them.
You have the right to make your
own decision, but you do not have
the right to deny others the
freedom to make their own
decisions.
Chris Bull is a junior and is a member
of Delta Sigma.
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Brown
(Continued from page 10)
students, including the students of
color.
Despite the conflicts with
administration, Brown said working
with the students was wonderful.
Outside of her normal counseling
case load. Brown worked as the
advisors to the student-run Peer
Counselors group.
Bob Vilas^acting director of the
Counseling Center, said "its very
clear that Katpi laid somereallygood
groundwork."
After hearing of Brown's situation
in late May, a group of about 20
students met with Dean Jervis to
discuss the situation.
Some students urged her to keep
the couselor because of their respect
for Brown, others were concerned
about filling the position if vacated.
Jervis said the decision to
terminate BroWn's contract was
soley hers.
Although thfe Human Rights
Commission hajs held a preliminary
hearing on Brcfcvn's case against the
college, the firtaldecision may not
be made for somemonths.
The next step, BroUrn said, could
be one of three things — a decision
by the Commission trit her claim is
unfounded, an outside settlement
or a federal court trial.
Diversity
(Continued from page 10)
141 faculty members belonged to
minorities. Out of the 141 faculty
members, two were Hispanics, five
were Asian and Asian-American,
and none were Native Americans.
Women account for 33 percent of
the faculty, but only 18 percent are
tenured professors. The protesters
compared the Bowdoin statistics to
other schools and found that
Williams College, Mass. has 24
minority members, Wesleyan
College, Conn, has 35, Wellesley
University, Conn, has 22, and Mount
Holyoke College, Mass. has 28.
Julie Fclner '91, one of the
organizers, said, "We've reached a
real critical junction at Bowdoin
because of the new president
coming in. It's time to make some
changes around here." During an
interview, president Robert H.
Edwardssaid "America isdifferent,
the world isdifferent, and I believe
we are less interested..." and
declared that thediversity issue will
receive careful attention.
Currently, the coalition is in the
process of reorganizing after the
summer recess, and they have
tentatively scheduled a meeting next
week. Julian Rios '92, the
chairperson of the Hispanic
Students Organization said, 'The
importance of our cause has not
diminished. It's as strong as ever
and we are expecting a response
from the administration before or
by November 2."
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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990
NUMBER 2
Alumni group bans
fraternity parties
BY BRENDAN RIELLY
Orient Staff
A Monday night attempt by a
group of Bowdoin alumni to ask
student fraternity members for a
revised alcohol policy failed as most
students left angered by an alumni-
imposed moritorium on weekend
fraternity parties and the lack of
student participation in recent
decisions made by the Alumni-
Student Inter-Fraternity Council
(AS1FC)
The meeting, held in Pickard
Theater, was called by Robert Stuart,
adviser to the fraternities.
The main topic of the meeting
Bob Stuart. Photo by Jim Sabo.
was to facilitate cooperation
between alumni, who are dismayed
at the increase in excessive drinking
and physical damage to the
fra temity houses caused by cam pus
wide parties, and fraternity
members, who are disgruntled by
the popular perception that
fraternities foster irresponsible
drinking. According to a number of
students questioned immediately
afterwards, it was unsuccessful on
both accounts.
After beginning the proceedings
by warning the fraternity members
that the alumni present "are
wondering about your commitment
to fraternities," Stuart told the
students that campus wide parties
would not be allowed until
fraternities devise a new alcohol
policy that would curb the excessive
drinking which has already sent
five students to the hospital for
alcohol poisoning this year.
Since the next scheduled ASIFC
meeting is Tuesday night, the ban
affects any parties scheduled for
this weekend.
Stuart then introduced Harry
Eddy, Delta Kappa Epsilon '45 and
chair of the ASIFC, who detailed
the three recommended changes to
Bowdoin College's campus alcohol
policy that the ASIFC had decided
upon this summer, before students
returned.
The recommended changes are:
parties would be open to students
by invitation only; students could
j
Mike Webber '92 and Tony Abbiati "93 listen as alumni speak on fraternity behavior. Photo by Jim Sabo.
not be charged for entrance into a
party; and, no house fund s could be
used to purchase alcohol.
Eddy told the students that the
alumni "were not here to pick you
apart," but to reduce the size of the
parties and the resultant damage to
the houses.
Richard Morrill, an ASIFC
member and a Trustee of the
College, then told the students the
alumni "are here to see if we can't
sit down with you and work up
some liveable rules where you folks
could begin to live up and take some
responsibility for yourself and the
other Istudents)."
No formal action was taken at the
meeting. Rather, each of the eleven
alumni members of the ASIFC spoke
to the fraternity members, stating
their willingness to cooperate with
the students in reducing the size of
the fraternity parties.
Though the ASIFC members
repeatedly stressed that their
recommendations were not "set in
stone," they said the large numbers
of people attending campus wide,
or ticket, parties were the primary
reason that the fraternities could
not control the excessive drinking
and the physical damage to the
houses.
Though the alumni stated that
they wanted to "work together"
with the students, many fraternity
members resented the responsibility
placed upon them for • the
overdrinking.
Many students spoke out during
the question and answer period.
(Continued on page 3)
Bowdoin Zetes agree to divorce
Differences in house cause national Zetes to go single sex
BY LYNN WARNER
Orient Senior Editor
"We feel that there's something
inherent about a male bonding
experience that makes it different
from a male-female bonding
experience," Eric Bandurski '91
explained about the recent division
between the national and local Zeta
Psi houses.
Bandurski is the president of the
campus chapter of Zeta Psi
International and is acting as
spokesperson for the 26 person
group of nationals.
This decision means that the
Bowdoin Zete will undergo a drastic
change. The house at 14 College
Street will remain in the hands of
the coeducational members who
will no longer call themselves Zeta
Psis. The national men will all move
out of the house by next semester,
will retain the Zeta Psi name and
identity, and will hold their own
rush off-campus.
"We are gathering support from
Bowdoin Zete alumni who support
our decision," Bandurski said.
The Zeta Psi House Corporation,
an organization comprised of all
Bowdoin Zete alumni, owns the
house at 14 College St.
Last spring semester the Zete
house was tumultuous,
characterized by national and local
Zete supporters battling for control
of the physical structure. This battle
sparked many cam pus- widerumors
of blatant sexism on the part of
national sympathizers.
Local supporters looked to the
house corporation to solve the rift
and tension they felt building with
those who desired an all-male house.
In anticipation of the September
1991 deadline for full female
membership, the housecorporation
polled all living Zete Alumni.
The majority of alumni decided
they would comply with the
college's decision," said Frank
Sabasteanski '69, president of the
house corporation.
The College Street house will
remain in the hands of the
coeducational organization.
"It's our responsibility to supply
a house to those who wish to remain
and abide by the college order,"
explained Sabasteanski.
Twenty-six Zeta Psi men chose
not to comply with the vote.
"We feel that the college professes
to be a liberal arts school, which, in
my opinion, would mean giving the
students as many choices as
possible," Bandurski said.
"We feel the college is telling
everyone exactly what he/she must
believe We think incoming students
should have the choice whether or
not he/she wants to belong to a
single-sex or coeducational
organization, be it local or national,"
he added.
The house corporation will not
offer any funds to the national
group, nor will they offer them a
(Continued on page 4)
Overdrinking sends
two to local hospital
BY BRENDAN RIELLY
Orient Staff
Two students were taken to
Parkview Memorial Hospital this
past weekend as a result of
consuming "excessive a mounts of
alcohoL" said Dean of Students
Kenneth Lewallen,
Lewallen would not release the
names nor the blood alcohol
content levels of either person, but
hesaMtheindividualswerea first
year student and a sophomore.
The sophomore was
hospitalized at I2i)9a.m. Saturday
morning after attending a Friday
night party at Alpha Delta Phi.
The first year student was reported
to security at 1:34 a.m. Sunday
morning and taken to the hospital
after attending a Saturday night
party at Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Both students sustained head
injuries in a fall and were
unconscious 'when taken to
Parkview.
Though both students became
unconscious at fraternity houses,
Lewallen said he did not know
"wheretheygotalltheirakohoL*''
Robert Stuart, the campus
adviser to the fraternities, was on
call both nights, but after
consultation with the hospital, felt
both students were receiving
proper care and did not require
his presence.
According to Lewallen, neither
student will face punishment for
intoxication, but will have to
obtain Information about alcohol
from Ian Buchan of the Health
Center and counseling from the
staff at the Counseling Center.
"Wetend to treat these Instances
in terms of education and
treatment," explained Lewallen,
"rather than discipline."
Five students have been
hospitalized already this year for
consuming excessive amounts of
alcohol.
2 September 14, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Winstead turns to play writing
Craig Winstead '91 attended "theater boot camp" when the student
uprising prevented his studying in China. Photo by Mimi LaPointe.
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Museum seeks volunteers
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic
Museum and and Arctic Studies
Center at Bowdoin College is
seeking volunteers to assist in its
educational programs.
Established in 1967, themuseum
is an education and research
center for the studies of northern
exploration, environments,
anthropology, and sociology.
Museum volunteers learn
about the Arctic in training
sessions, informal discussions
and book study groups. As
docents, volunteers may give
tours for Maine school groups,
host receptions at exhibit
openings, assist people with
special outreach projects and meet
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please phone 725-3062. The first
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Bowdoin College.
BY SHARON L. PRICE
Orient Contributor
Many juniors at Bowdoin take a
semester or year away, studying in
Europe or trying out a different
school somewhere in the U.S.
Bowdoin senior and theater major
Craig Winstead chose to spend his
junior year at the National Theater
Institute located at the Eugene
O'Neill Theater Center in
Waterford, Connecticut.
Winstead said, "It was a last
minute decision" made after plans
of studying abroad in Beijing fell
through due to "all the stuff that
happened there."
"The National Theater Institute
(NTI) was given the nickname
'theater boot camp,'" Winstead
joked . "You got there the first week,
and they worked you to death."
Classes ran seven days a week,
nine hours a day. They started at
seven-thirty in the morning with a
full physical workout where they
would "move, sweat, and breathe."
The students then had three hour
classes that ran until ten at night.
"After a while we lost track of time-
basically you don't sleep... You live
and breathe theater."
"It was by no means just singing,
dancing, and acting. We had text
analysis and theater classes." One
class was on directing. "A script
wa s assigned (a short play or scene),
Hatch library nears completion
BY JOHN A. VALENTINE
Orient Contributor
According to the developement
group, the construction of the Hatch
Science Library, which began June
3, 1989, will be completed on
scheduled by December 1990.
Located in the northeast corner
of the campus between Winthrop
and Cleveland Halls, the new
library will hold Bowdoin's
scientific book collections, college's
map collection, relevant
microforms, various government
documents, and scientific reference
materials. Its adjacent facilities will
include a science computer
laboratory, offices of the
Environmental Studies program,
and facilities for the neuroscience
program.
The S6.75 million science library
was designed by the Boston
architectural firm Shcpley,
Bullfinch, Richardson, and Abbott.
They also designed the 1984
underground addition to connect
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library to
Hubbard Hall stacks.
Funding for the new facility came
largely from the Margaret Milliken
Hatch Charitable Trust, responsible
for over $2 million, and the Cobble
Pond Foundation. Currently, the
college has received $3.35 million
in donations for the library, and
raised $4.4 million by floating a
bond for the remainder.
Approximately $4 million has been
paid to architects and the
construction contractors thus far.
Director of Development William
A. Torrey sees the new library as a
"tremendous asset to a place like
Bowdoin." He feels that the new
science complex will be an unique
addition among small liberal arts
colleges.
According to Dean of Faculty
Alfred Fuchs, the purpose of the
Bowdoin Science Center is to "bring
the sciences together, their libraries
together.. .in order to allow them to
share equipment, library resources,
and more importantly, ideas."
Nearly a third of Bowdoin
students major in the sciences, and
the spacious new science center will
alleviate crowding in existing
facilities. The complex will
consolidate the biology, chemistry,
geology, physics and neuroscience
departments in one building. After
the completion, current science
facilities will be adapted for use as
regular classrooms and non-
academic offices.
The Bowdoin Science Center was
projected to have two phases costing
a total of $13 million. The $6.75
million first phase, the Hatch Science
Library, is nearly complete. The
second phase includes a new science
center and renovations on select
facilities.
Although no set date for
groundbreaking has been set,
advanced planning for the center is
complete. Approximately $20
million is necessary to complete the
second phase, S2.27 million of which
has been raised.
Theconstruction 'solely depends
on funding," says Dean Fuchs.
Director of Development Torrey
also feels that commencement of
and we had two days to cast,
rehearse, and mount it with
costume and scenery. ..The pressure
was incredible, but by the end we
could do it with ease," Winstead
recalled. "It's amazing what can be
done in two days." He was eager to
add that they still found plenty of
time to party despite the hectic
schedule, though little or no time
was left for sleep.
After completing the fourteen
week program at NTI, which he
arranged through thetwelvecollege
system, Winstead and two friends
established an "honors semester"
in playwriting. He worked on his
script every day along with taking
classes, and said that he began at
this point to take his writing
seriously . One play that Winstead
completed this past year, called The
Run- Around Railroad, was shown
during his stay at the ONeill
Theater Center. It will soon be on
stage at two theaters in Pittsburgh,
his hometown, and at Albright
College in January.
Staying for the summer, after the
school year program was finished,
Winstead became involved in other
events at the center. First, he joined
a professional touring group as an
actor, going around to area schools
doing shows about problems with
drugs and alcohol. He then went on
to be an intern for an
"unprecedented" Soviet-American
theater exchange, helping organize
and escort the group, along with
stage-managing eight plays. 'The
plays were done in both English
and Russian dialogue," Winstead
explained. "The special part was
that the playwrights were there at
the time to consult with."
To top the summer off, he was a
librarian at the Eugene O'Neill
National Playwright Conference.
"Many people would kill to be a
part of the conference, any part,"
Winstead emphasized. He helped
playwrights research and got to
"hob-nob" with professional actors
and movie people. He excitedly
noted that he had the opportunity
tochatevery night with the Pulitzer
and Tony Award-winning
playwright August Wilson.
"I would be more than happy to
talk to anyone interested in NTI. ..It
was an incredible place to study
and meet all sorts of people."
He wished, in conclusion, to give
some words of advice to anyone
considering becoming a
playwright. " In my opinion, the
three rules of writing are:
1 . Write what you know.
2. Don't write what you don't
know.
3. WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW!
Smiling he added, "you can't go
wrong if you emphasize the last
one."
The Hatch Science Library will be completed by December of this
year. Photo by Jim Sabo.
construction is "dependent on
whether the president and the
governing boards, based on lead
gifts, feel confident in the college's
ability to fund the project."
According to Dean Fuchs, plans
for the Bowdoin Science Center
were not made with any specific
new research projects in mind, but
rather to facilitate the research
Bowdoin faculty and students
currently do, as well as any future
projects.
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Party ban
September 14, 1990 3
(Continued from page 1)
One student said, "I think
fraternities have gotten a bad rap.
Most of the drinking goes on before
and after the party."
Two other students warned of an
increase in drinking in the
dormitories and drunken driving if
alcohol availability and
consumption at fraternities is
decreased.
A final student said the blame for
irresponsible drinking lay with the
administration, not the fraternities.
In an interview Wednesday, Dean
of Students Kenneth Lewallen
disagreed. He said that the "near
lethal amounts of alcohol consumed
directly related to the houses and
wide-scale violations of the IFC's
own party regulations.*
Lewallen also said the
administration played no role in
developing the ASlFCs proposals
but did support the changes and
the moratorium.
"Given that we've had all of these
(incidents of excessivedrin king and
code violations)," continued
Lewallen, "it was time for a
moratorium until the member
organizations could assure the
responsible adults that corrective
action had been taken."
Stuart would not speculate at the
meeting on possible punishments
for any fraternities who held parties
in defiance of the ban, but Lewallen
said the ASIFC could initiate
sanctions against the offending
house ranging from probation to a
recommendation that the college
withdraw recognition of the
fraternity.
Lewallen also expressed
disappointment that the fraternity
members present at the meeting
were "far more concerned with the
party next week and the concept
that the policy was forced on them
without their participation" than
with cooperation with the alumni.
Further action on the ASIFC's
proposals will depend upon the
fraternities' adherence to the
moratorium and development of
alternate proposals before the next
AS1FC meeting Tuesday night.
Library equipped with new catalog
BY DANA M. STANLEY
Orient Staff
The Hawthorne-Longfellow
Library has undergone several
changes since last year. On the
change list are computer terminals
located on every level, barcode
labels in most books, and a security
beeper at the main entrance.
These changes are parts of three
projects, in varying states of
completion, which are improving
and modernizing the library's
services.
On-line catalog
The computer terminals give
users access to a new "on-line"
catalog. Eventually all of the
holdings in various college libraries
(H-L, Science, Music, etc.) will be
quickly exporable through the
terminals. Independent
departmental collections, such as
Women's Studies, Afro-American
Stud ies, and Economics, are not part
of the system.
As in the card catalog, searches
will be possible by author, by
subject, and by title. But Head
Librarian Arthur Monke stressed
the fact that both the card catalog
and the on-line system must be
consulted, because neither is
complete.
Monke said all holdings the
library acquired between 1973 and
November 1989 can be currently
accessed through theon-line system.
By November, all those from 1973
to present will be on the computer.
Holdings dating before 1973,
however, must be converted more
slowly, he said. Only about half of
those volumes have been entered.
Within a few years the catalog will
be complete.
Monke added that eventually the
system will beconnected with those
at Bates and Colby colleges,
allowing users at each college to
search the collections of the others.
The Bowdoin system may also be
connected with the University of
Maine system, he said.
Assistant librarian Judith
Montgomery added that most
government documents are not
included in the on-line system or in
the card catalog. As always, they
must be searched in their own
database, with the terminal in the
government documents area in the
basement.
Monke added that, eventually,
books which have been ordered but
not yet received will also be listed in
the catalog.
Montgomery encouraged people
to ask questions, both about the
new system and about other means
of facilitating research. "Not enough
people ask about the services
available in the library," she said.
"It's our job."
She said that starting next week
the library staff will offer instruction
to use the system. "In general, the
system is pretty easy to use," she
said. "But there are little tricks
which will be helpful to know."
The help sessions will be held on
Wednesdays and Thursdays from
4-5 p.m., and on Fridays from 10-11
a.m.
Barcodes
By the beginning of the spring
semester, a new circulation system
will be operational. As volumes are
circulated, library workers with
light pens will scan barcodes inside
books' back covers and on students'
identification cards. Barcodes are
already present on first year
students' ID'S, and before spring
other students' cards will be coded .
Montgomery said that this situation
will necessitate that students have
their ID'S in order to borrow a book.
Scanning the barcodes gives the
computer information on the book
and on the borrower. The on-line
catalog can then tell students the
location, availability, and the date
due of individual books.
Eventually, the reserve reading
section will operate on the same
principle, Monke added.
Montgomery emphasized the fact
that the barcodes in books are
unconnected to the new security
system, so it is fruitless to remove
them.
Security System
During the summer books were
systematically sensitized, causing
an alarm to sound if the book is
removed without being checked out.
Montgomery said that "the value of
the system is that when you need a
book, it'll be on the shelf." She
explained that students and others
often neglected to sign volumes out,
not returning them before the end
of the semester. With no record of a
book's whereabouts, other potential
users were thwarted.
Montgomery acknowledged that
these improvements are long
overdue. Indeed, most colleges
comparable to Bowdoin and most
universities already have installed
electronic security and circulation
systems. But she said that the lag
was not due to any lack of desire.
"We needed to wait for funds," she
said. "But we've been planning for
this for over a decade"
For information on how to access
the on-line catalog from an
outside computer, see page 15.
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First year students voice opinion
BY DEBORAH WEINBURG
Orient Contributor
The first year students have been
here for almost three weeks, long
enough to have arranged and
rearranged their dorm rooms, long
enough to have survived the
seeming bewilderment of
registration and class scheduling,
and longenqugh tohavediscovered
the difficulty of balancing
academics and socializing. They
have found their classes, found their
friends, learned where to party,
study, and hang out. They have
memorized mathematical
formulas, dates, theorems, and the
Domino's Pizza phone number.
Just as first year students are
beginning to feel comfortable at
Bowdoin and think they know
what Bowdoin's about," along
came a reporter asking about some
deeper campus issues. Several
students were questioned on their
opinionson President Edwardsand
his convocation speech, sexual and
ethnic diversity among faculty
members, and the occurrence of
tuition fixing at small liberal arts
colleges.
Those polled were impressed by
President Ed wards, specifically his
background and distinctive height.
Due to the heat and the crowd in
the chapel, many students had
difficulty staying awake
throughout the president's speech.
One student said, "I fell asleep
during the convocation" but he
added/'heseemveryarticulateand
competent." Pete Hodgin went
further, remarking "it's got to be
intimidating to come to this school
at this time— the bicentennial and
all." He continued, to note as most
students did, "He's a tall man."
Advancing to what would be a
more controversial issue, first year
students were asked of their
opinions concerning faculty
diversity and, lack thereof. Many
'students felt that although a more
diverse faculty would be ideal they
would not want to sacrifice quality
for variety. In contrast, other
students strongly supported hiring
a mored iverse faculty.. One student
state, however," I have two women
professors and one of the women is
not white. 1 don't know much about
the faculty in general but as far as
my professors go the/ re diverse."
When asked about the justice
department investigation on the
possibility of price fixing, replies
arranged from blank stares to "I
think I heard about that." Although
all students agreed that price fixing
was wrong, none knew what could
be done to solve the problem. As
one student commented, "I can't
complain. I'm getting really good
financial aid."
Each student expressed interest
in learning more about the pressing
issues concerning Bowdoin. Most
first year students are unwilling to
tackle campus issues that they feel
are rooted in the past and are only
beginning to resurface this year.
Christian Sweeney observe, "It's
kind of absurd to think that
anyone's been here long enough to
form any opinions.. .The food's
good."
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The Bowdoin Orient
Zeta Psi
(Continued from page 1
structure in which to center their
rush or fraternal activities. Also,
the college will not recognize Zeta
Psi as a campus-related or funded
organization.
"They are now independent of
the college and are subject to all the
community and state laws," Dean
of Students Kenneth Lewellan said
in an interview earlier this week.
The Board ofTrustees of the house
corporation has reservations about
the national group's move, said
Sebasteanski.
"We are fearful for them because
colleges have disciplined these
underground groups pretty harshly
and we're hoping they know what
they're getting into," he said.
Sebasteanski also said the house
corporation and the new
coeducational organization at 14
College Street "will welcome them
back should they change their
minds."
The College Administration is for
the most part pleased with these
developments.
I'm overjoyed that the house at
14 College Street has decided to
embrace the college's values,"
exclaimed Lewellan.
The atmosphere in the house since
these men decided to "go national"
has been one of welcome calm,
according to many members.
Senior Bart Acocella, who decided
to remain in the coeducational
organization said, "It's like a
divorce."
He added, "But people have laid
aside all their hostile feelings. The
feeling in the house right now is
very amicable and both sides have
basically agreed to disagree."
"It's been such a long and
d ragged-out series of events that
I'm very glad it's finally resolved.
Although I think it will take some
time for things to get back to normal,
I'm very optimistic that they will,"
said David Karofsky '93. He will
remain with the local organization.
The two factions claim to be
working together to smooth things
out.
"Everything's being done very
amicably," said Pete Macarthur '92,
president of the new organization.
The national affiliates feel
Zeta house faces uncertain future as it experiences internal problems.
Photo by Mimi LaPointe.
Quill requests original works
The Quill
The Quill is Bowdoin's magazine
for students' poems and short
stories. It takes courage to submit
work, but The Quill presents an
opportunity for students to receive
criticism from a dedicated staff,
and if published, from the college
community. This attention can be
vital to new writers, giving them
the confidence to continue
developing their skills. Others,
especially those hidden talents out
there, draw invaluable experience
from simply seeing their work in
print. Yet most important is what
The Quill represents as a student
funded, student wrought
publication within the sphere of a
small, private. New England
Bowdoin College.
The Quill represents the thoughts
and feelings of Bowdoin students
here, now and as an historical text of
Here and Now. Additionally, it
illustrates the willingness of
students and administration to pay
to voice whatever art is circling
beneath the seats and asses of
academia. This is only proper for a
school whose purpose states that a
"liberal arts education seeks to move
beyond the acquisition of specific
knowledge interaction of the two
and toward the development of a
characteristic styleof thought which
is informed, questioning, and
marked by the possession of
intellectual courage." Sounds like
poetry to me.
The Quill and the Literary Society
are sponsoring student poetry and
fiction readings throughout theyear
to promote a network of interested
parties. Expect to see some writers
from the area and the department
reading alongside students. All are
welcome as casual audience or
participants. This is probably a
better place to test stuff out than
with your best friends, or in the
Houseof Calculus. But maybe not.
Submissions toThe Quill should
be dropped into campus mail and
addressed to TheQuUl, M.U. or put
in The QuUl cubby there. Please
double-space and type
submissions, and include your
name, year and campus mailing
address. Though all submissions
are reviewed anonymously, none
are accepted as such. TheQuill staff
meets to review submissions
Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m., second floor,
conference room in Coles Tower.
Walk-ins are welcome.
Deadline for this semester's
issue: November 9, 1990. Thanks.
similarly.
"Pete and I are working together
to make sure this doesn't get nasty,"
Bandurski explained.
The House Corporation is also
making efforts to insure a smooth
transition period.
"We're also there to make the
transition from the all-male
fraternity to the coeducational
fraternity that much easier for those
who want to remain," Sebasteanski
said.
Lewallen also stated that the
Administration will do its best to
ease the transition. «...
"The college is prepared to offer
the new local organization
assistance in complying with
whatever conditions remain, such
as loans," he said.
All this assistance offered will
undoubtedly be welcomed by the
new coeducational fraternity, as its
members are feeling the strain of
their transitory position.
"The hardest thing for us will be
to establish a new identity on
campus," Acocella said. "We're
going to have to start with a clean
slate. On the one hand, it's positive
because we won't have a stereotype
so well be able to make of it what
we want, but on the other hand,
when you're a brand new
organization with no history and
tradition, it's harder to sell yourself."
Jessica Guptill '93 is optimistic
about the transition, even though
she feels it will be a difficult
adjustment.
"We are losing twenty-six guys
who helped make Zete as I know it,
and without them it will be verv
odd. But we havea lot of energy and
resources in the people that are
staying to start a whole new
frontier."
Many members of the 1 4 College
Street organization have similar
mixed feelings about the split.
Guptill said she sympathizes with
the national members' decision.
"It feels like we're losing part of
our family, but if that's what they
feel they need to do and this move is
the best for them, then I support it.
I don't want them here if they aren't
ha ppy, because then the atmosphere
is very tense."
Shana Hunter '93 said she hopes
the split will enable members of
each group to put past animosity
behind them and be friends once
again.
"We were all friends, but we had
a fundamental conflict about what
we wanted the house to be. Maybe
now both houses can move on with
what they believe in a healthy way."
Fraternities meet standard
BY HEATHER ST. PETER
Orient Contributor
The first phase of a three year
plan to bring fraternity houses up to
college, state, and town standards
has been successfully completed,
according to David Barbour,
director of Bowdoin's Physical
Plant.
Most of the work this fall was
done to comply with safety codes,
such as new fire alarm systems in
each house. Other renovations done
to meet the fire code include main
entrance doors that swing outward
instead of inward, facilitating easy-
exit in case of a fire. Also, doors in
each occupants' rooms now swing
shut automatically so that fire and
smoke is blocked from the rooms
for a longer period of time and
students have more time to exit from
fire escapes. .
According to Barbour, all the
fraternities did this type of work to
comply with this fall's fire code
deadline.
By the fall of 1993 other work that
must be completed includes
upgrading electrical systems,
replacing old carpeting and
furniture, interior and exterior
painting, and other renovations to
upgrade the houses to a state
comparable to that of the college
dormitories.
Barbour reported that he was
pleased with the willingness all the
house corporations showed to
undertake renovations. He feels
they showed a genuine desire to
keep the houses in sound condition
and to preserve relations with the
college.
"In my opinion," he stated, "there
are no houses that are unsafe. I ha ve ^
visited them all three times this
summer, and I'm comfortable that
they've positioned themselves well
to meet the final fall of '93 deadline."
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graduates are beginning a two-year
commitment to teaching in inner
cities and rural areas throughout
the United States. They are part of a
national tea&er corps, Teach for
America, which seeks to recruit top
college graduates to help curtail the
teacher-shortage problem felt in
many areas of the country. The
program was created last year by a
recent Princeton graduate who
wanted to address the shortage of
teachers in locations such as New
York City, Los Angeles, Chicago,
Washington D.C., the Rio Grande
Valley in Texas, and rural areas of
North Carolina and Louisiana. The
program seeks to recruit non-
education majors from different
ethnic backgrounds in an attempt
to establish a teacher corps which
will more accurately represent the
diversity of America's culture.
Graduating seniors who have a
background in math or science, or
who are bilingual are especially
needed; as are seniors who have
experience working with children.
If selected from theapplication pool,
prospective teachers will undergo
an intensive eight-week training
session in Los Angeles to prepare
them to enter the challenging two-
year commitment. Teachers enter
these schools under a temporary
waiver of teacher certification
requirements, and become partially
certified after the two years.
Teachers are paid a regular salary of
between $19-29,000.
One task of the Bowdoin chapter
of Teach for America is to sponsor a
Teach for America Day, which will
occur next February on the same
day as that on 100 United States
campuses. It will involve inviting
Brunswick fifth-grade students to
come to Bowdoin for a day of
educational mini-classes. If you are
interested in volunteering for Teach
for America Day or would like more
information meeting at 8 p.m. in
Daggett Lounge, Coles Tower on
Tuesday, September, 25. If you have
any questions, please contact you
Bowdoin Teach for America
representatives: Rachel Garrett
#725-7576 and Melissa Conlon #721-
1173.
We need you.
American Heart
Association
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NEW ENGLAND CONSORTIUM OF
UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE EDUCATION
(NECUSE*)
UTILIZATION OF TISSUE SLICES IN
RADIOLIGAND BINDING ASSAYS
A NECUSE WORKSHOP AT TRINITY COLLEGE
HARTFORD, CT OCTOBER 19-20, 1990
Students and faculty from NECUSE institutions are invited to
participate in a workshop on the utilization of tissue slices in
radioligand receptor binding assays. The workshop will consist of
lectures, hands-on laboratory execution of slice preparation,
saturation binding analysis, and computer calculation of
B ma * and K d values -
The workshop will be limited to 18participands, and all expenses (i.e.,
transportation, meals, lodging) incurred will be paid by NECUSE.
Workshop faculty:
C.Shaw
Department of Anatomy
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
D. Wilkinson,
M. Wilkinson
Department of Physiology
& Biophysics
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
J. Simmons
Department of Biology
Trinity College
Hartford. CT
Member institutions: Amherst College, Bates College, Bowdoin College, Brown University,
Colby College, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, College of the Holy Cross,
Middlebury College, Mount Hotyoke College, Smith College, Trinity College,
Wellesley College, Wesleyan University, Williams College, and Yale University.
Those wishing to participate in the NECUSE
Receptor Assay Workshop should contact
Professor John E.Simmons
Department of Biology .Trinity College
Hartford, CT 061 06
Office: (203) 297-2232
Facsimile: (203)297-2257
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The Bowdoin Orient
September 14, 1990 7
The Bowdoin Orient
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Moulton Union
displays art
BY NANCY ECKEL
Orient Arts Editor
An exhibition of co lor seri graphs
by South Harpswell artist, John
Carman, is currently on display at
Bowdoin throughout September
and October in Lancaster Lounge,
Moulton Union.
Carman, who followed a career
in advertising and publishing has
decided to turn his lifelong hobby
of drawing, painting, and
For Carman, art
begins with the
pleasure or
excitement arousedby
something he sees . . .
printmaking into his new
profession.
In 1935 Carman graduated from
Colgate University, where he
became seriously interested in art.
Over the years he has studied
painting and printmaking with a
number of artists, including John
Hcliker, Joe Jones, Jon von Wicht,
and Antonio Frasconi.
Although Carman is a veteran oil
painter, in recent years he has
concentrated mostly on
printmaking — woodcuts, etchings,
lithographs, and serigraphs (also
known as silk screen prints).
Theexhibitionfeaturesaselection
of his serigraphs created over the
last 15 years, including seascapes,
landscapes, still lifes and flower
compositions. Carman prefers
serigraphs because they permit
much flexibility in technique and
have high potential for color effects.
The artist disclaims any elaborate
theories about art. For Carman, art
begins with the pleasure or
excitement aroused by something
he sees in the world around him.
His response is to paint a picture or
design a print that will communicate
his own feelings to other people.
His style is representational tending
toward simplification. In addition,
color is extremely important to him.
His serigraphs are shown and
sold in a dozen New England
galleries, including the OFarrell
Gallerv in Brunswick. In
addition,the works displayed at the
college exhibition will be for sale.
His prints and paintings are
represented in more than 500
private, corporate and institutional
collections around the country.
Harpswell artist, John Carman, exhibits works in Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union.
Blues come to Maine
On Saturday, September 22, the
southern Maine Blues Society and
WMPC 90.9 FM, will proudly
present Otis Rush, Zora Young, Edie
Kirkland, and the Blue Flames. The
concert will be at 8:00 p.m. at the
Experience pizza perfection
Orient Food Critic
Are you one of those people
who absolutely loves pizza? If
you answered yes, a visit to The
Cabin, in Bath, is a must. Located
a short trip up Route One, The
Cabin boasts that it serves "the
only real pizza in Maine," and I
think most would have a hard
time disputing this statement.
Upon arriving at The Cabin, my
five dinner companions and I,
decided to embark upon different
eating routes. I chose to split a
The Cabin boasts
that it serves "the
only real pizza in
Maine"
small whitepizza with extra garlic,
onions, green peppers, and
pepperoni with one other person;
whereas therest of the groupchose
the purist route and ordered three
large cheese pizzas.
After a relatively short wait, our
pizzas arrived. It was every man/
woman for himself/herself, for in
the battle over who gets the most
pieces of pizza at The Cabin, there is
no such thing as courtesy. Why is
the pizza so good? Well, there are a
number of reasons.
One reason is that the pizza dough
used in all pizzas at The Cabin is
made fresh daily on the premises.
Another reason is that the plain
cheese pizza is made with a delicious
the menu devoted to hot and cold
sandwiches and pasta. Also, if
you would like something to
accompany your meal, there are
salads available.
So if you've got a
car or know
someone who
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cheese" upon a thick red tomato <*ue&, IUHK UlC ir IfJ
up to Bath . . .
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sauce. In addition, besides the
somewhat standard toppings which
my friends and I chose. The Cabin
offers some more interesting ones
as well, such as artichoke hearts,
pineapple, Canadian bacon, shrimp,
and clams. If you like the taste of
garlic, I highly recommend the white
pizza: Unless, of course, you have a
date later. Basically, a white pizza is
the same as a regular cheese pizza,
but instead, of a tomato sauce "a
real butter and garlic with herb
sauce" is used.
Although The Cabin is famous
for its pizza, its menu does offer
alternatives. There are sections of
Not only is the food at The Cabin
fantastic but so are the prices. A
small plain pizza, either cheeseor
white, is a mere S2.95 and a large
is only $4.95. Toppings are a
bargain too. So if you've got a car
or know someone who does, take
the trip up to Bath and experience
pizza of perfection.
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Otis Rush- Since his first hit in
1956, "I Can't Quit You Baby," Otis
Rush has been the world's leading
exponent of what critics have
dubbed the "West Side style" of
Chicago Blues. The "West Side
style" is distinguished by
impassioned soul-tinged vocals,
coupled withanintense,yeturbane,
style of guitar playing. Rush often
plays in a minor key which imbues
his songs with an atmosphere of
dark and brooding emotional
intensity rarely achieved in modern
blues. He uses a falsetto to dramatic
effect, and his left handed string
bending allows him to hit notes
uniquely his own. In the fifties Rush
became one of the first musicians to
use the electric bass in his band.
Previously, Chicago bands used
either the bass strings on a regular
guitar or a stand up bass. This new
sound caught the imagination of
both the young and established
musicians who would flock to hear
(Continued on page 8)
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Selections from the Vinalhaven
Press Collection
Through September 23, 1990
Twentieth Century Gallery
The Vinalhaven Press, founded
in 1984 and located on Vinalhaven
Island, Maine, is one of the most
important publishers of fine art
prints in the United States.
Emerging and well-known artist
collaborate with master printers
each summer to produce
technically complex works in the
print medium. A recent
anonymous donation, matched by
Museum purchase funds, has
made possible the acquisition of
one example of each existing print
and those to be produced in the
future by the Press. A selection of
works made through 1 989 includes
lithographs, woodcuts, and
engravings by Komar and
Melamid, Robert Indiana, Robert
Cumming, and Robert Morris.
Paul Caponigro: Photographs
Through September 30, 1990
John A. and Helen P. Becker
Gallery
Caponigro's elegant images,
taken with a view camera, reveal
natural and man-made monuments
without the.human presence. This
selection from the Museum's
collection includes a series of
dramatic views of Stonehenge, the
celebrated prehistoric structure.
Twentieth-Century Art from the
Collections
September 25, 1990 through
March 31, 1990
Twentieth Century Gallery
Bowdoin's varied collection of
twentieth-century European and
American painting, sculpture,
d ra wings, and photographs has not
until now had a gallery of its own.
This extended showing will
provide an opportunity to study
works dating from World War I to
the present day. Among the artists
included are Jacques Villon, Lyonel
Feininger, Marsden Hartley, Man
Ray, Marguerite and William
Zorach, Arshile Gorky, Andrew
Wyeth, and Alex Katz.
Museum Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Sunday 2 to 5 p.m.
Closed Monday and national
holidays.
8 September 14, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Hurlin to perform
"A Cool Million"
Dan Hurlin to bring A Cool Million to Bowdoin's Pickard Theater, September 28 and29, 8 p.m.
Blues
(Continued from page 7)
him play. Night after night, Otis set
the standard for a new, more
aggressive style of blues, that
influenced fellow Chicago
musicians like Freddie King, Buddy
Guy, Magic Sam, Luther Allison,
and Tyrone Davis.
Zora Young-Blues song stylist,
Zora Young, turns any stage into
her own musical parlor, with sassy,
candid lyricsdestined to be heartfelt
by all, including the most jaded
aficionados. Zora has been reaching
out to audiences all her life, singing
gospel, soul, and finally blues in
that order.
Eddie Kirkland-Born on a cotton
plantation in Jamaica, Eddie
Kirkland got his start in the music
business at the age of twelve as part
of the Sugar Girl's Medicine Show.
Kirkland made his mark in the
world of blues in 1962 with the
recording of the album/'It's the
Blues Man." His shows are an
electric combination of rockin' soul
and blues.
The Blues Flames-Maine's Blue
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Profits achieved great local
popularity during the seventies and
also left their mark on the Chicago
and New Orleans music scenes. In
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The concert promises to be
incredible! Tickets are $10 for
students and $12 for adults.
Advance tickets may be purchased
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Dan Hurlin, a New York
performance artist, will be
appearing in his one-man
production of A Cool Million on
Friday and Saturday, September
1 28 and 29, at 8:00 pm in Pickard
Theater.
Recently, Hurlin won a Village
Voice OBIE Award for his
performance of A Cool Million.
Thisactisan adaption of the 1920's
novel by Nathaniel West in which
Hurlin presents some fifty different
characters. The subject of the
performance is the "tale of a
country bumpkin, Lemuel Pitkin,
seeking his fortune in the shark-
filled waters of free enterprise."
As Visiting Artist and Lecturer
in the Division of Dance in the
department of Theater Arts at
Bowdoin, Hurlin is teaching two
courses in performance art for
students interested in movement,
acting, directing and visual art
Hurlin comments that he "attempts
to walk the line between the
narrative tradition in theater and
the structures I find in other art
forms (music, dance, visual art,
performance)... I am trying todefine
for myself a new 'story-telling,' a
form of theater that can be uniquely
my own without falling prey to
traditional theatrical wisdom."
Tickets for the production areS7
in advance and S9 at the door.
Tickets for children and senior
citizens are S3 in advance and S5 at
the door. All tickets are now
available at Moulton Union,
Macbean's Music in Brunswick,
Amadeus Music in Portland, and
Record Connection in Watervilla
The event is sponsored by
Bowdoin's Department of Dance/
Theater Arts with funds from the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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USA 1980 119 minutes
Friday, September 14, Smith
Auditorium, 7:30 and 10:00
p.m.
Robert DeNiro won an Oscar
for his portrayal of
middleweight boxing champ
Jake La Motta. De Niro creates
a convincing image of the
"Bronx Bull," whose
unrelenting pursuit of the
championship destroyed his
personal life.
Mean Streets
USA 1973 112 minutes
Saturday, September 15,
Smith Auditorium, 7:30 and
10:00 p.m.
Director Scorsese examines
with a clear eye the hierarchy
of a Mafia family in New York's
Little Italy. This intense story
dramatizes the slow climb in
that hierarchy of a young
"small-town opera tor" and his
struggle with the decisions he
must face. Conflicting desires
and motivations such as an
uncle urging him onward, a
deep Catholic upbringing, a
young devoted friend, and love
for a beautiful young girl-
holding him back all combine
to create a compelling story.
Rashomon
japan 1950 83 minutes
Wednesday, September 19,
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mysteries of "truth" by
retellingthestoryofarapeand
murder through theconflictin^
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The Bowdoin Orient
September 14, 1990 '
The Bowdoin Orient
SPORTS
Cross country hopes to remain a step ahead
Men ready after rigorous training Women among best in New England
BY DAVE PAGE
Orient Contributor
The fall season promises to be an exciting
one for the men's cross country team.
Six letterwinners return from last year's
squad, which finished sixth out of eleven teams
at the NESCAC meet. Factor in a promising
groupof underclassmen and a heavy individual
off-season training schedule, and Coach Peter
Slovenski's optimism appears well-founded.
'The team has looked very good in the pre-
season, and I think that's because we've had
more guys running more miles this summer
than Bowdoin's ever had," commented an
enthusiastic Slovenski.
Counted on to provide leadership for the
harriers this fall will be senior co-captains John
Dougherty, of Eliot, Maine, and Lance Hickey,
of New York City.
These guys really set the tone for the team
in the workouts," noted their longtime coach.
"They're tough racers, too, and we'll be looking
for their leadership in the upcoming meets."
Speedy track runners Bill Callahan '92 and
Andrew Yim '93 have shown tremendous
improvement this fall, and big things will be
expected from them.
The key to the team's ultimate success,
however, may be the performance of Sam
Sharkey '93, who still needs several weeks of
training to attain his top form.
"A lot depends on him," said Slovenski. 'If
he comes through, we could have a really big
year".
Senior Rob McDowell will also be important
down the stretch, while sophomores Colin
Tory, Dave Wood, and Andy Kinley have
opened some eyes in the preseason.
They will be joined by classmates John
Eikenburg and Kevin Thomson, as well as Bob
Ornstein '92.
BY BILL CALLAHAN
Orient Staff
Colin Tory '93 leads a Colby runner in last year's action. Tory and his teammates will be
hosting the first meet of the year on September 22. File photo by Annalisa Sch morleitz.
Chris Quinn appears to be the best of a
strong crop of first-year students, which also
includes Russell Crandall, Brian Dirlam, and
Michael Pena.
The team's long-term objective lies in
preparing for the New England Division HI
meeton November 10, withSlovenski hoping
for a top-seven finish.
The first order of business, though, is the
September 22 opener, at high noon on the
Bowdoin 5-mile course against, in particular,
Division I UNH and Rhode Island.
"It would be a great accomplishment if we
could beat oneof them, but I think it's possible
on our home course," said Slovenski.
1989 was a banner year for Bowdoin's
women's cross country. The Polar Bears
were ranked twelfth in the national Division
III poll, placed second at the prestigious
NESCAC meet, and third in the Division
III New Englands.
This year the team is at least as strong, as
only twoof last year's top seven graduated,
most of the team is healthy, and a promising
group of first-year students have come out
for the team.
Senior co-captains Margaret Heron, Kim
Dirlam, and Jennifer Snow, all entering their
fourth season of varsity competition, are
"psyched" for the team's chances in the
upcoming season.
Dirlam commented on the team's depth and
added that they expect another high quality
year.
"We know we can compete with any team in
New England, regardless of division."
Heron is coming off her best cross country
season ever, making the All-Maine and All-
ECAC teams. Her classmate Marilyn Fredey
returns as an All-New England selection and a
former cross country and track Ail-American.
Both have returned in tip-top condition. Gwen
Kay '91 has lettered for the past three seasons
and should add to the depth and experience of
the team.
Sophomores will play a pivotal role in the
team's success this year. AH- American Eileen
Hunt '93, a fierce competitor, returns after a
phenomenal first season and should combine
with Fredey to form an extremely potent one-
two punch.
Sophomores Tricia Connell and Ashley
Wernher both ran in the top seven last year,
and ought to be even stronger this year.
First-year students Mika Van Zante a nd Sarah
Perrotti should also contribute to the team's
success. Van Zante is a 5:07 miler and Was one
of the top high school runners in Colorado last
year. Perrotti, from Clinton, New York, ran
number one for the state championship team
last year.
"With good leadership from the seniors and
talented underclassmen, we should equal our
success of last year," commented fourth-year
coach Slovenski.
The Polar Bears will see what they are made
of next week, as they open at home against
Division I competitors Brown and Boston
University.
Football prepares for tough schedule
BY DAVE WILBY
Orient Sports Editor
"You'll see an exciting team this
year," predicts head football coach
Howard Vandersea as the 1990
Bowdoin football team heads into a
tough eight game schedule.
With a roster featuring experience
and depth, led by seniorco-captains
Steve Cootey, John Hartnett, and
Dan Smith, the squad is looking to
put some numbers up on both the
scoreboard and in the win column.
The team has returned "in very
good shape" according to
Vandersea, and has had two weeks
of solid, injury-free practice
Coach Vandersea has seen an
improved offense in practice. "We
have the ability to score," said the
head coach who will direct an
offense that will try to balance the
running and passing games
effectively.
The defense will be anchored by
five of last year's top eight tacklers,
and is particularly experienced in
the secondary.
Returning defenders accounted
for all 1 1 of the teams interceptions
last season.
Just how ready for the season the
team is will be answered in part by
a scrimmage with Williams
tomorrow in Danvers,
Massachusetts. The Ephmen were
undefeated last fall and should
provide a stern test for the Polar
Bears.
Success on defense will depend
largely on the leadership provided
by captains Hartnett and Cootey,
who head up strong secondary and
linebacking corps.
Hartnett will fill the strong safety
position, as his pass defending
abilities were exhibited last year by
his four interceptions.
Cootey led the '89 squad with 80
total tackles and has started at
linebacker for three years.
Other outstanding returners
include tackle Andrew Pet itjean '92,
who brings experience to a young
line, and defensive back Mike
Webber '92 who led the team in
interceptions and was fifth in tackles
last season.
The offense features depth and
experience in the backfield, with all
but oneof last year's top five rushers
returning.
Quarterback Mike Kirch '90 will
direct the offense with Jim LeClair
*92, Eric LaPlaca '93, and Sean
Sheehan '91 filling the running back
slots behind him. These four
combined forovera thousand yards
in rushing in 1989, and should be
very tough foropponents to contain
this season.
One reason that therunninggame
should be formidable is the blocking
provided by the offensive line.
Led by co-captain Smith, Dan
Loiselle '91, and Dan Seale '92, the
line is almost as experienced as the
backfield it is blocking for.
The play of the receiving corps,
termed by Coach Vandersea as the
surprise of pre-season, will be a big
key to effectiveness of the offense.
Vandersea said that the receivers
came back in excellent shape, and
that he will look to juniors Loren
Stead and Jeff Lewis, as well as
sophomores Tom Muldoon and
John Vegas for contribution from
wide receiver.
The kicking game will be handled
by Kirch, who averaged 32.2 yards
per punt last year, and Jim Carenzo
'93, who will take care of the
placekicking chores.
Coach Vandersea is encouraged
by what he has seen so far this fall.
This is one of the fastest teams
we've had."
"We have the potential to have a
winning team," said Vandersea,
"We'll take it a play at a time."
The football squad working on special teams in preparation for tomorrow's
Williams scrimmage. Photo by Chris Strassel.
10 September 14, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
The Curse and other musin
BY DAVE JACKSON
Orient Staff
Time to turn back the clock. The
yearls 1918. World War I bending.
Woodrow Wilson is president
And the Red Sox beat the Cubs in
six games to win their fourth
World Series in seven years.
The following is a brief history
of time since that event:
1920— Red Sox sell Babe Ruth
to the Yankees for $105,000 rather
than honor his request to be
switched to the outfield. What a
brilliant decision! I mean, who
needs 714 home runs anyway?
1946 — Red Sox finally return to
World Series only to lose to
Cardinals in seven games. Final
game decided when Enos
Slaughter scores from first on a
single, as Sox SS Johnny Pesky
hesitates on the relay throw.
1949— Sox lead Yankees by a
game with two to play in New
York. Of course, they lose both.
The Yankees win the World Series
and David Halberstam writes a
best seller about the whole affair.
1950— Ted Williams breaks his
elbow in the All-Star Game. Sox
hit .302 as a team for the year and
still finish third.
1967 — Sox win the pennant in
Vthe Impossible Dream season
Once again the Cardinals beat them
in seven games. Bob Gibson wins
three of the games. Dave Stewart,
Sr.?
1972— -Seasonbegins with a strike,
similar tortus $eason,Soxfinish half
agamebehindDetroit r becausethey
play one game fewer.
1975— Sox vsT Reds in World
Series. Boston wins Game 6 in
incredible fashion. They lead Ga me
7, 3-0, in the sixth inning, until Bill
Lee throws a two out, two strike,
slop curve to the slumping Tony
Perez, who hits it onto the Mass.
Pike — outbound lanes. Reds go on
toa4-3win.
1978— Sox lead Yankees by 14
games in late July. Naturally, they,
blow the lead and are forced mtoa
one game playoff at Fenway.
Leading 2-0, Mike Torrez faces the
weak -hitting Bucky Dent with two
on and two out in the 7th inning.
You know the rest
1 986— The ultimate. Game 6. Sox
lead three games to two and 5-3
with two out in the bottom of the
10th inning and no one on base.
Threehits and a wild pitch later and
the score is tied with a runner on
second. Mookie Wilson hits a
ground ball to Bill Buckner for the
apparent third out but Buckner just
manages to get out of the way of the
ball to keep the curse in good
Shouldn't W90 be
different? Its been seventy
years since that Ruth sale,
and lookzuhat the Red Sox
have been through.
working order.
1990-.???
Shouldn't 1990 be different? Its
been seventy years Since that Ruth
sale, and took at what the Red Sox
have been through. Seventy is a
good round number, certainly a big
number, and long enough for a
curse. The gods have to stop
laughing sometime; don't they?
Look at this year's team, built
around team spirit and unity. No
more of "25 guys> 25 cabs>" Some of
its members were On the 1986 team.
Others already own World Series
rings; Boddicker, Brunansky,
Reardon, Marshall, and Danny
Heep,a member of the 1986 Mets.
This is a team that opened the
year with two solid starters, rto first
baseman, and no healthy right
fielder. This isateam that Wasgivjng
Bill Buckner a look in spring
training. Enter Tom Bolton, Greg
Harris, Carlos Quintana, Tom
Brunansky, Mike Marshall, Tony
Pena and Jeff Gray. AH of a sudden
the Red Sox are in first place.
Theyhave withstood thelossesof
Jeff Reardon, of Dwight Evans for
much of the season, of Lee Smith,
now of Roger Clemens, who is
recovering very qukkly^They can't
hit home runs or steal bases. But
starting pitching has carried them.
Now their lead is dwindling again,
as Toronto comes on, strong.
Oakland, the probable AL West
champ, looks unbeatable.
How about this scenario?
The Sox blow the division toad,
forcing a one game playoff with the
Blue Jays. Dave Stieb outpitches
Roger Clemens for seven innings.
He leads 2-0 before walking two
men in the eighth. With two out,
manager Cito Gaston allows him to
pitch to Marty Barrett Barrett
launches a three-run homer over
the Green Monster and Clemens
holds on, getting thelast out when
Mookie Wilson grounds to first.
Quintana plays there now.
DaveStewart beats Clemens twice
in the ALCS, but the Sox push the
series to seven ga mes.Ste wa rt leads
2-1 in the ninth, when, with a man
on, Mike Greenwell hits a drive to
deep right-center. Willie McGee,
playing for the injured Dave
Henderson, gets a glove on it, hits
the wall, and drops it over the
fence for a game-winning home
run;
In a rematch of the 1975 classic,
the Sox meet the Reds. Wade
Boggs serves the whole team
chicken befbrethe first game, and
they go on to sweep the Reds in
four straight
Oh well; it's always nice to
dream.
Now, seriously, the A's and
Reds will win the Wests. The
Pirates will win the NL East; this
is their year. And the Red Sox will
hang on in the AL East.
Remember, their challengers are
the Blue Jays, noted choke artists
in their own right. Pirates over
Reds in seven. A's over Sox, with
or without Clemens, in five. Give
the Pirates a couple of games in
the Series; they are a well-
balanced team. But the pick, as it
was at the start of the season,
remains Oakland.
By the way, maybe the Red Sox
have passed the curse on to the
rest of the city's teams. With the
Celtics blowing the series with
the Knicks, the Bruins getting
hammered by Edmonton,and the
Pats faking a field goal on 4th and
13, New England could be in for
70 more long years.
Crew ready to row
BY STACEY SABO
Orient Contributor
Rugby looks for more success
BY GREGG LINBURG
Orient Contributor
The air is getting crisper, and the
leaves on the trees will soon burst
into the colors of autumn, which
can mean only one thing; its time for
the Bowdoin Rugby Club to begin
its fall campaign.
1990 is going to be an exciting
season for rugby at Bowdoin.
The team is coming off another
strong showing in 1989 and has a
deep j3ool of talent to call on. Depth,
tradition and pride are going to be
the calling cards of Bowdoin rugby
in 1990.
The team is incredibly fortunate
to have a tremendous mix of senior
leadership and a large corps of
underclassmen with two years of
experience.
The Bowdoin scrummies will be
lead by senior captain Mitchell
"Killer" Zuklie, who in four years
has been selected to the All-New
England squad twice.
The pack will be further bolstered
by the return of seniors Theodore
Maston, Alan Parks, Cannon Reilly,
and Gregg Linburg, who bring with
them a combined fifteen seasons of
experience both at Bowdoin and
abroad.
The returning Bowdoin pack from
last year's campaign features one of
the most feared front rows in the
entire state of Maine, made up of
Richard "Kip" Curtis 91, Andy
"Pookie" Cowan 92, and Eban "The
Animal" Adams 92.
The pack is blessed with depth at
all positions that should give the
B.R.F.C. the type of quality "B" side
that most clubs can only dream of.
At scrum half Bowdoin has
arguably the best player at his
position in Division 11 New England
rugby— Mike Daust— who was
chosen to be the starting scrum half
on the All-New England collegiate
side last season.
He will be backed up by the "B"
side starter Todd "L.T." Krapf.
The Bowdoin backfield is also
blessed by talent and depth. Co-
captain Justin Givots was yet
another Bowdoin rugger chosen to
the All-New England collegiate side.
Together with returning senior
Peter Holtz, juniors Mark Bowen,
Chip Brewer and Tad Renvyle,
Bowdoin will have a team of
aggressive and quick backs.
Coach Rick Scala has high hopes
for success in the coming season.
According to Scala, it is the depth of
this team which will be its greatest
asset over the long haul.
The scrimmage on Tuesday night
against the Portland Rugby Club
proved that the B.R.F.C. has the
talent to perform well against
experienced teams.
The club intends to build on their
strong showing and turn the
intensity up a notch this weekend
when they face of f against Norwich.
Bowdoin Crew is preparing for
its fall season with a host of eager
first-year students and several
returning seniors, and the resultant
complicated training schedule.
The officers for the club are co-
captains Dave Moore-Nichols '91
and Clay Berry '93, equipment
officer Jake Carbine '93, practice
officer Clark Eddy '91, general
manager Mehda Patel '93, and social
chairperson Katherine Perrine '91.
The officers were chosen at the end
of the spring 1990 season. Four
senior rowers— Perrine, Marina
Heusch, Heather Brennan, and
Tucker Shaw — have come back from
junior years abroad, and will
probably be racing competitively.
The returning women will help fill
the gaps left by the four juniors
away this semester — Maria
Gindhart, Beth Lalumiere, Hope
Metcalf, and Gwynne Oosterbaan.
All crew members are thrilled by
the strong interest in rowing shown
by the class of 1994 — over 90 first
year students came to the first
organizational meeting. After the
first few practices the team now
numbers about 60 members, but as
Moore-Nichols says, "Picture
yourself with three racing boats, one
functional boat, and 60 people!" The
enthusiasm to row has created a
small problenvassigningeach rower
to a boat and getting each boat onto
the water. "It's good that so many
people have come out — it's
organizing everything that's
difficult," said Berry.
Crew faces a tough schedule,
starting with the Head of the
Androscoggin on September 22 and
continuing with a race each
weekend until the season ends with
their biggest challenge, the Head of
the Charles on October 21. Guiding
the club through will be coaches
William Brown, Bob Kanewski, and
newcomer Kirk Doggett.
Though as of this writing
permanent boats have not vet been
set, water practices have already
begun on the Androscoggin River.
Peter De Staebler '93 is enthused
that the season has begun, saying,
"I'm really excited to get back on the
water after not rowingall summer."
Even more excited are the novice
rowers, many of whose feelings are
expressed by Nick Jacobs '94. "I've
wanted to row crew for a long time,
and I've finally gotten my chance to
do it. And I'm psyched!'
Fun Run this Sunday
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sponsoring a 5-mile Fun Run on physical therapists and spC
Sunday September 30th that will massages after the Run. There Ji
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The Bowdoin Orient
September 14, 1990 11
Golf team tees up
for the new season
BY AMY BIELEFELD
Orient Contributor
The Bowdoin golf team has been
narrowed to 13 players in the last
week.
The squad is made up of three
sophomores,six juniors and four
seniors including returning seniors
Brad Chin and Alex Ruttenbcrg, two
of the top five golfers from last year.
The final decision for this year's
five players has not been made
Coach Terry Meagher and
• a nt coac h Walter Moulton will
make final cuts by this weekend,
when the team hosts the Bowdoin
Invitational.
Each of these five players will
play 36 holes,and the top four scores
will be official.
Last year the Bears placed third
out of the twelve teams present.
According to Coach Meagher, all
the teams are of similar abilities,
and he hopes the team will again
place in the top five.
Over the season, Meagher wants
the team to be competitive, as they
were last year.
Unlike the players in many other
sports, golfers must adjust to each
new course as well as the
competition.
The team looks forward to the fall
season, which is a great time to play
golf, according to Meagher.
Some of the highlights of the
season will be the CBB meet, which
Bowdoin won last year, on
September 24, and the New
Englands at the close of the season,
where Meagher hopes the team can
place in the top 15.
Women's soccer will be stepping into action today against Middlebury at 3:30 at Pickard Field. The
men's team will open their season this afternoon at 3:00 versus the U. N.E. Photo by Chris Strassel.
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The Bowdoin Orient
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BONNIE E. BERRYMAN
MICHELLE L. CAMPACNA
SHARON A. HAYES
A dry weekend ?
So there won't be any fraternity
parties this weekend, what's the
big deal?
So we won't be spending fifteen
minutes inching between twenty people to
reach the bar, or wiping beer off our shirt,
or drinking until we fall, hit our head and
are taken to Parkview Memorial Hospital.
That's the big deal — five students have
been taken to one of two local hospitals in
the three weeks we have been on campus.
One student remained hospitalized for
three days. That's a problem.
So now Advisor to Fraternities Robert
Stuart and the fraternity alumni are
considering radical restrictions to the social
policies of most of the houses on campus.
They have suggested parties be run by
invitation only and that each house be
prohibited from spending it's own money
on alcohol.
Richard Morrill, a trustee of the college
and a member of the Alumni Student Inter-
fraternity Council told students at
Monday's meeting, "We are here to see if
we can't sit down with you and work up
some liveable rules where you folks could
begin to live up and take some
responsibility for yourself and other
[students]."
Yet he, 11 alumni, and Stuart excluded
the students from discussions about their
proposed changes and they began the
meeting by punishing the fraternities
throughan indefinite ban on campus-wide
parties.
What the governing powers of the ASI FC
are doing is inherently hypocritical. The
alumni have sent Bowdoin's fraternities
up to their room, and now they're knocking
on the door and asking the students to act
like adults and take charge of their own
affairs.
The alumni's understanding of the need
for a serious change in attitude of many
fraterniriesand fraternity members toward
drinking is certainly on target and it is
good that they are taking part in solving
the problem. However, their exclusion of
students from that process of change and
the subsequent student anger proved that
a workable policy cannot be achicvedif the
two groups continue to act as separate
entities.
Irresponsible drinking is a problem
affecting and caused by the whole
community. Students — both in fraternities
and not — must curb their out-of-control
behavior. But fraternities, as the primary
campus distributor of alcohol to students,
should realize their central role in this
mess and make some radical changes in
their behavior and attitudes toward
alcohol.
Up to this point, many students have
allowed the "adults" to deal with the
problems of irresponsible drinking, by
failing to seriously address the issue.
Perhaps a moratorium on fraternity
parties will shock the student body into
action. And perhaps on Saturday night
instead of pumping the tap, we can begin
to identify realistic solution to the problem.
Without such an internal initiative, the
gap between fraternities and
administration and between students and
alumni will become too large to bridge,
and sooner or later someone will drink
him or herself to death.
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herein, and neither it, nor the faculty assumes any responsibility for the views
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Letters
Why do alumni care?
Although most letters printed in the
Orient are addressed "To the Editor,"
this one was specifically written as
follows:
To Fraternity Students:
The question is — why should a
grown man with a wife and two
kids, an old house which constantly
needs work, another job, lots of
other interests, and four Calgary's
and a Sharp's in his own refrigerator
worry about the rules regarding
alcohol for fraternity students at
Bowdoin? In fact, why should any
of those fraternity alumni care about
it at all? They must have better
things to do.
The argument goes — it is a rite of
passage, a constitutional right, a
rite of adulthood and a rite of
adulthood and arightof adulthood.
Drinking is a personal decision and
the business of the students.
Drinking is going to happen
anyway. Students are going to get
drunk. Yes, someone is going to die
at some point as a result of it.
Fraternities will always take all the
abuse no matter what they do. It's
all inevitable, so let it go.
The reasons why these grown
adults seem to be getting in the way
of things? DThey just like to flex
their muscles, the ones they once
had in college. 2)They get paid for
doing this. 3)They care about their
fraternities. 4)They care about the
reputation of their college. 5)They
care about the students.
Now for an opinion. I really don't
think that any of them are just
interested in "flexingtheir muscles."
Those kinds of people certainly fo
exist, but I don't think it is what we
are talking about here. They are not
getting paid anything for the time
they give up, except a few free meals,
perhaps. 1 am the only one who gets
paid anything for all this and I don't
get paid any more for confronting
students or getting muddled in
controversy. I get paid the same
amount whether I am being verbally
complimented or wildly criticized
in writing. For one special low price
I get criticism from all sides for
being in the other's camp and for
having misplaced loyalty — "one of
the old boys" and just part of 'The
Administration," at once.
I think these alumni care about
their fraternities — some, but that is
mostly the draw and less what they
are really committed to. They are
loyal to their college — to some
degree. I think what they really care
about is students and helping
students have as good as an
experience or perhaps a much better
experience than they had at
Bowdoin. Alumni care about seeing
their fraternity, which means
something to them, survive. They
care about seeing the college and
fraternities work out some sort of
amicable arrangement of which all
parties can be proud and about
which they will all boast. They care
about the lives of students. They
don't want to see someone die as a
result of alcohol. They care about
the academic education of students
and how they know alcohol can
affect 'it. They care about the quality
of the social lives of students.
It seems crazy that we are arguing
about the rules regarding alcohol.
The real issue is not the rules. The
real question is — should alumni care
that much? If students feel strongly
that alumni shouldn't get as
involved, they should say so.
Perhaps they're right.
Finally, a reality. If the survival of
fraternities is important to students,
and I am not searching for any
particular answer to that, they must
do a lot. I have no doubt that they
are capable of doing it all on their
own, if they wish. But, their job will
be much easier if they have the
support of these alumni. Also, you
have to figure that if this group of
alumni, and the Dean of Students
and the Advisor to Fraternities
(those few who have been most
actively supporting fraternities
recently) all concluded it was not
worth the effort and they made this
sentiment public, it would weaken
the sills of the entire fraternity
system at Bowdoin in a very
significant way. (That's a nice way
of saying something quite obvious.)
There are those who are willing
to help, and those who fall far short
of what I consider to be our ethical
and educational responsibility (I
include all of those employed by the
college and most alumni in this
group), but, ultimately, it will be up
to the entire fraternity student group
to make some big decisions about
what is important to them and what
is not. That is just a reality.
Sincerely,
Bob Stuart'77
Advisor to Fraternities
The Bowdoin Orient
September 14, 1990 13
The Bowdoin Orient
OPINION
Is Bowdoin making a serious effort to diversify?
□ The Coalition for Concerned Students proposes a call for serious action
BY ANDREW WHEELER
Orient Focus Editor
In any pluralistic society, interest groups,
whether on the state or federal level, try to
coordinate policy in conjuction with
legislators while formulating public policy.
Often interest groups are unhappy with an
existing law. In such instances, these groups
have the opportunity to change the status
quo. But it is not easy. Concessions and
compromises are inevitably made by
aninterest group as a way to try to meet its
orginal objectives.
With this framework in mind, Bowdoin is
no different. Many organizations desire
change, and the above process is employed
by groups and the Administration. One such
organization, the Coalition for Concerned
Students, is in the beginning stages of
changing an existing policy at Bowdoin.
Last May, the group sent a proposal, listing
its demands, to former President Greason,
President Edwards, Deans Jervis, Lewellan,
Fuchs, Brown, and to Helen Cafferty, Thomas
Hochstettler and to all department chairs.
In this prosposal, the group cites the final
paragraph of "The Purpose of the College"
prepared by the Faculty-Student Committee
on Curriculum and Educational Policy in
1976: "The College is not and should not be
cloistered or monastic retreat from the
problems of the world. Rather, the College is
a collection of people deeply and passionately
involved in their community, their nation,
and their world. When liberal arts education
is faithful to its mission, it encourages and
trains young people who are sensitive to the
crucial problems of our time and who have
the kind of mind and the kind of inspiration
to address them fearlessly and directly. This
is its goal and the standard by which it should
be judged." The coalition questions whether
or not the above statement is in fact indicative
of Bo wdoin's present situtkm: "Should liberal
arts education' include the concept (put into
practice) of diversity? Should that diversity
extend to the faculty by actual representation
of diverse groups within that faculty? The
answer to these questions must be nothing
else than 'yes.' As students, we are tired of
Administrative lip service, inaction and non-
communciation. We are tired of timid
...the group insists that
the administration have
a plan of action and
address their demands
by Nov. 2.
attempts by the Bowdoin Adminstration in
what are generally accepted here as moves
toward 'diversification.'"
In the proposal, the coalition's demands
include: a significant increase in the number
of faculty from minority groups (including
women) reflecting the demographical
percentages of these groups in the United
States, the creation of position in Gay and
Lesbian Studies to be advertised for and held
by an 'out' homosexual man or lesbian, and
the cooperation from all those who receive
this document. This call for action also urges
the Administration to both enact Trinity
College's plan requiring departments to only
interview minority perspectives for any open
teaching positions, and adopt Swarthmore
College's conviction to the immediate
alleviation of the problem of faculty
imbalance.
Also included in the prospoal, the Coalition
for Concerned Students has many ideas as a
way to attract minorities to Bowdoin. The
group has suggested to the Administration
that a comphrehensive recruiting program
be implemented whereby minority Ph.D.
candidates are invited to give lectures to the
community. By doing this, minorities would
have the opportunity to familiarize with the
College's students and surroundings. The
group also urged the Administration to use
rosters and directories of professional
association memberships as a tool to attract
prospective miniority professors.
Finally, the group insists that the
Administration have a plan of action,
addressing these demands by Nov. 2.
One of the group's members discussed this
prosposal with President Edwards earlier
this week. He was receptive to the idea and
wants to meet with the Coalition for
Concerned Students discuss the proposal
further.
What will happen? Regardless of the
consequences, I unequivocaly agree with the
group's idea that Bowdoin should have a
more diversified faculty. I am, however,
concerned about how practical and realistic
these demands are. Should the group expect
the President, who will beoffically inguarated
Oct. 26 just one week away from the Nov. 2
deadline, to respond in six weeks? Currently,
President Edwards is trying to acclimate to
his new surroundings, by getting acquainted
with students and faculty.
When Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the top
position in the Kremlin in the Soviet Union in
1985, he faced and is still tackling some serious
problems. He has tried to implement glasnost
and perestroika, two sweeping reforms with
the aims of transforming thecountry's limited
freedom of speech and inefficient command
economy into an open society and efficient
market economy. Gorbachev has learned that
change evolves with time, not overnight.
Soviet citizens have to realize this, yet they
are still disgruntled that there is no food in
stores.
The Coalition for Concerned Students also
has to recognize that its meaningful plan will
take time to implement. If Nov. 2 rolls around
around and there is no response from the
Administration, the group will undoubtly be
upset. On the other hand, just as many Soviet
Union citizens viewGorbachev and nowBoris
Yeltsinas saviors, the group should not expect
President Edwards to meet its objectives
overnight. One person cannot change a
situation by him or herself. Rather, the effort
and motivation has to come from the entire
community. To achieve this, the group needs
to educate the student body about their
objectives in hope of moblizing more support
for their call of action. It can be done, but it
will take time.
Although the group compared the number
of Bowdoin miniority professors to other
selective small liberal arts colleges, I urge the
group to do some more homework. There is
a myth that there are not enough qualified
miniority doctoral candidates in graduate
school. I do not know, but I would be very
interested in finding out. Instead of basing
agrumentation on emotion and
generalizations, the group needs to present
facts to the community. One idea is to call
graduate schools to see how many miniorites
are in doctoral programs. If the numbers
show that there are several minorites
candidates in various academic fields, then
this will stregthen the group's agrument,
consequently making their case more
compelling and valid. Until this done, the
group has not fully educated the community.
Another one of my concerns lies with the
enactment of Trinity College's method of
hiring professors. Quite frankly, it advocates
a discriminatory policy that is unworthy of an
educated community such as Bowdoin. If the
administration were to adopt this plan, many
qualified people will be excluded from the
hiring process. By conciously hiring or seeking
to hire professors soley by ethnic heritage
that they happened to have been born into,
Bowdoin will be denying itself the fullest
potential of the available applicant post of
qualified professors seeking employment
here.
In the end, this process reverts to how
effective an interest group is at moblizing
The Coalition has to
recognize that its plan
will take time to
implement.
support and influencing a legislative body,
and how recepetive the latter party will be to
the former's objectives. With the case of the
Coalition for Concerned Students, it
undoubtly will be a challenge. But if the
group continues to educate the (.omrnunity
and Administration, change will occur.
If you disagree with my views, please see
this as opportunity to express your own. But
rise above personal attacks and use this as a
forum to discuss your views in the hope of
furthering our community of education and
free thought.
Andrew Wheeler is a sophomore, who will address
this topic in depth in a future Focus section.
□ Kathi Brown's legacy will endure
BY KAREN EDWARDS
Orient Assistant News Editor
I remember too vividly my first few weeks
at Bowdoin.
Like all the other 300 plus students, college
was a new experience. It was my first
experience living in a predominantly white
environment and being the only Black West-
Indian in an entire community. The ignorant
questions and statements that my Black
women friends and I encountered whenever
we ate together or "hang-out" soon became
This decision has placed
Bowdoin back into the
Dark Ages as far as the
issue of diversity is
concerned.
unbearable: "Why do Blacks always sit and
eat together? Why are you people being so
exclusive? Why do minorities need minority
role-models?"
Frustrated and appalled with the level of
ignorance on this campus I sought out Kathi
Brown, the only minority counselor here. She
taught me how to deal with the ignorant
people, questions, remarks, racism and
culture shock that was all a part of my first
year here.
Last May, Bowdoin denied Kathi Brown a
contract renewal. This decision has placed
Bowdoin back into the dark ages as far as
addressing the issue of diversity on this
campus. Numerous students wrote letters to
Dean Jervis and held a conference with her to
make our opinions known. Kathi was indeed
doing a great job, after all, we, the students,
who utilized her services, should know how
effective she really was, not some
administrator that sits behind a desk and
evaluates someone's work on paper only,
and comes to the conclusion that their
performance is poor. ■
What's even more upsetting was that Dean
Jervis has not given a concise reason for
Kathi's release. Students were determined
and tried to convey their views and explain
to the Dean the important role Kathi played
as a counselor. Our words fell on deaf ears
which were experts at pretending to care
for student's best interest.
Once again Bowdoin ignored student
pleas and threw out our input Bowdoin is
a passive place most of the time and Kathi
was determined to make a difference on
this campus. She wanted to wake up the
lame brains and dead heads that too often
dazzle us with big words. Bowdoin wasn't
ready and still isn't ready for such an
awakening; maybe that's why Kathi's
contract wasn't renewed for fear that she
might actually enlighten the minds of the
students, of the administration, and the
minds of our faculty.
So tell me; which one of ( her programs
addressing difference got her fired? Was
the administration perturbed when she
started a support group for women of color
so that we can have a stronger sense of
community? I know, it had to be her
program that was done through the Peer
Counselors called "Bowdoin in The Mirror"
where we the students acted our the
classism, racism and all the other -isms that
Bowdoin takes part in. Well it's time to
shake up this place.
Kathi may be gone from Bowdoin, but
she planted seeds before she left and the/ re
blooming. We're ready to turn this
inhospitable community into a place where
difference is valued and everyone is
respected for who they are. Don't try to
change someone because they're not like
you, Team from them.
Karen Edwards is a sophomore.
The Orient accepts opinion pieces
from all members of the Bowdion
community. The opinions expressed
here, including those of Orient staff
members, do not reflect the views of
the paper as a whole.
14 September 14, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Bowdoin needs to seek out and find an identity
BY BILL HUTF1LZ AND JOHN
NICHOLSON
Orient Contributors
Janus Dialogue is a weekly
attempt to promote active
consideration of the issues which
affect our lives and times. This
week's topic: Bowdoin's future.
John: With the arrival of a new
President, the question of
Bowdoin's future has risen to
prominence. Questions regarding
need-blind admissions, diversity,
fraternities, a new student center,
grading system, etc. - though not
new - plead for clarification and
answers. In the end, however, the
answers to these issues will be
contingent upon two realties:
Bowdoin's evolving identity, and,
on a more mundane level,
Bowdoin's financial condition.
Bill: Foronce,Icouldn'tagree more.
However, that's because you said
nothing of consequence. The issues
must be prioritized and then further
addressed.
One issue in particular will
dramatically affect the ability of
Bowdoin to assert its own unique
identity amid the myriad of liberal
arts institutions in this country . That
issue is that Bowdoin must become
(and it has a long way to go) an
incubator for free, uninhibited
thought in an atmosphere of racial,
ethnic, socioeconomic, and all other
varieties of diversity.
Given the state of our world
today, in which a new, consensus-
oriented international order seems
to be talcing shape, young peoples'
understanding of others and others'
values is of primary importance to
their ability to contribute in the
world in which they will grow up.
Jim: Bowdoin must cultivate a
community of mutual respect and
shared experience, based upon
excellence in all fields of endeavor.
The College will never incubate
anything unless this relationship
FIRST AMENDMENT
This is not just another
academic year
BY KHURRAM DASTGIR-
KHAN
Orient Staff
It is amazing to think that by
the time these lines will reach
your audience, two full weeks of
classes would have gone by. In
another two weeks, papers and
mid-term exams will be all the
rage (well! not exactly that). The
student body will be, for two
weeks in mid-semester, seen
rushing en masse towards the
library and the computer labs.
Very soon, the first -year students
willbeasmuch part of thecollege
scene as the Union.
Parents' Weekend, Fall Break,
Thanksgiving. . . life promises to
continue on as usual at Bowdoin
College. This scenario is
reassuring for a majority of the
population. There is solace in
status quo because one does not
have to think, and be ready for
changes which can often be
difficult. But there are many
unpleasant aspects of everyday
lifes,and society in general, which
we refuse to acknowledge. We
would like to change such aspects,
but the process of change is; at
best, full of thefearof theunkown,
at worst, painful.
Regardless, it would be a
monumental waste of one of our
energetic years to let another
academic year go by without
bringing any progressive change
in our lives and the lives of others
around us. No matter how small,
how insignificant the change
might be; it would be worth while
if it helps to make our society
better in some way. Exams,
vacations and sports will
continue, but let us make sure
that 1990-91 is not just 'another'
acad emic year inourcomfortable,
insulated college careers. Let the
coming two semesters define a
year of progressive change at
Bowdoin College.
Khurram Dastgir-Khan is a
sophomore .
between individuals in the college
community exists. Only in such an
environment will diversity truly
enliven the discovery of self which
stands at the heart of one's college
experience.
Fraternities too will fail if they do
not move beyond the provincialism
of old social norms, and into a
relationship of trust with the larger
community. Indeed, the
administration must improve, as
Khurram Dastgir-Khan
illuminated in his article. First
Amendment: welcome pm .
Bill: All incubation comments
aside, the College must move
forward boldly. Certainly the
administration is in the position to
affect the college's future, and 1
would hope that the current
administration would not choose
to emphasize "shared experience"
per se, because that has in the past
and will continue in the future to
lead to a laxity with regard to
building a campus more
representative of the demographic
makeup of this nation and the
world.
Your emphasis is misplaced,
John. Excellence in all fields of
endeavor, in a true sense, can only
occur when excellence incorporates
the best that all cultures, traditions,
and philosophies ha ve to offer. Such
excellence must be based upon, to
use your words, a community of
mutual respect and open-
mindedness, not the other way
around.
Bowdoin has a long row to hoe to
keep its ideal of excellence in touch
with today's world, a world which
is drastically different from the one
which existed in 1794.
John: Well, Bill, unfortunately
excellence is not contingent upon
mutual respect. To excel on the
athletic fields does not require
respect for either teammates or
opponents.
As Bowdoin searches for an
identity, it must insist on continuing
its academic standards as its first
priority. A campus enriched by an
atmosphere of individual
responsibility for the community,
and broadened by diversity, will
ensure this objective.
Bill: Thanks for making it easy on
me with your absurd and totally
inaccurate statement about athletics.
One of the biggest mistakes an
athlete can make is to lack raapacl
for his or her opponent.
But, back to the issue. Progression
toward a diverse future is, to me, the
one driving force which will lead
Bowdoin into excellence in both the
near and distant future. Obviously,
no one wants to see "academic
standards", under their current
definition, suffer, but a recvaluation
of these standards along with a
redirecting of these standards to fit
an increasingly interactive world
should be Bowdoin's goal.
Bill llutflitz and John Nicholson are
both seniors.
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NUMBER 3
Two fires strike campus in three days
Candle ignites small fire at Delta Sigma
BY BRIAN FARNHAM
Orient Asst. News Editor
Every fraternity's worst
nightmare almost became a reality
at Delta Sigma last Monday night.
That's when a small fire started in
oneof the roomsonthe second floor.
A candle had been lit in the room,
and when the occupant stepped out
for a minute, the draperies caught
fire. Chris Bull '92 was in his room
when, at about 11:30 PM, he heard
the fire alarm go off. Running out
into the hall, he grabbed a fire
extinguisher and entered the room
where the draperies were on fire.
The sprinkler system, which is
activated by heat, went off as Bull
started to put out the fire with the
extinguisher, and the fire
department arrived shortly
thereafter. "Everything worked fine,
which is good, because it could have
been worse," said Bull.
In fact, the worst part of the fire
was the remedy. The sprinklers
continued to spray water in the room
for about fifteen minutes, left on
because, as Bull stated, "the firemen
wanted to make sure that the fire
was absolutely out."
Superficial damage amounted to
a few soaked belongings and books,
but the real extent of the damage in
monetary terms is not yet known.
"There was some leaking through the floor, but
we're probably ok," said Bull.
Mike Pander, Director of Security, was not
surprised by the incident. "It was a classic residence
hall type of fire," he said. Pander was obviously
pleased that it was not worseand that fire prevention
equipment was up to par. "[The incident] shows
that the systems worked and I'm happy at that."
Arsonist sets bulletin boards ablaze
BY SHARON HAYES
Orient Editor in Chief
Bowdoin Safety and Security called on the Brunswick
Police and Fire Departments for the second time in three
days early Thursday morning, as the smoke from a
burning bulletin board filled the first floor of Moore Hall.
Responding to the 4:25 a.m. alarm, Bowdoin security
officer Mark Barney entered the building and extinguished
The Brunswick Fire Department inspects Delta Sigma after Monday's fire. Photo by Jim Sabo.
the small fire. Seven bulletin boards
showed signs of fire damage.
Fire officials also found charred
toilet paper on the floor of the
hallway and bathroom.
Director of Bowdoin Security
Michael Pander declined comment
about possible suspects, but said
the Brunswick Fire and Police
Departments, the State Fire
Marshalls office and the Dean of
Students officeare investigating the
matter.
Steve Francis '94 said there were
obscenities burned into the corks of
some bulletin boards and written
on the walls.
Many students have been
interviewed, Pander said, adding
more will be questioned in the
coming days.
Proctor Steve Martel said despite
the confusion he was impressed by
the efficiency of the evacuation.
The fire alarm wasn't loud
enough for many students on the
floor, said Francis, adding a lot of
students thought it was a drill and
took their time getting out of bed.
The destruction, Pander said,
goes beyond vandalism "because it
puts so many people at risk."
The boards and the plastic push
pins and note pads found on them
can let off a lot of smoke in very
little time, he said. "It's surprising
how fast that happens.
Department of Education requires chemical free campuses
BY TOM DAVIDSON
Orient Contributor
On August 16, the Federal
Government issued a stringent list
of regulations concerning the abuse
of drugs and akohol in Institutions
of Higher Education (IHE).
These regulations, which had a
compliance date of September 4,
1990, follow weeks of deliberation
over the illegal abuse of alcohol,
specifically by students attending
parties sponsored by fraternities,
on the Bowdoin campus.
The new regulations were
devised by the Department of
Education and require that all
colleges maintain drug-free
campuses. If a college does not meet
these regulations, the federal
government will eliminate all
federal funding for that institution.
The majority of federal funding for
Bowdoin goes to student
scholarship funds which, if
eliminated, could jeopardize the
college's current need-blind policy.
Administration officials met last
week to devise a system of
implementing these regulations.
The report requires, at a minimum,
the annual distribution to all IHE
employees and students of:
1. standards of conduct that
prohibit possession, use and
distribution of illegal substances;
2. the description of legal
sanctions: federal, state and local;
3. the description of health risks
and counseling and rehabilitation
programs, and finally a clear
statement of disciplinary sanctions.
In addition to these regulations,
a bi-annuual review must occur to
deteTmineeffectiveness, implement
changes, if needed, and ensure that
disciplinary sanctions are
consistently enforced.
Some Administration officials
believe that their hands are tied
and these new regulations place an
even greater responsibility and
burden on them.
"Bowdoin College is not a law
enforcement agency, it is an
educational institution," said Dean
of the College Jane Jervis, "It is not
our responsibility to enforce the
law." /
The question of how to enforce
these regulations has stymied both
students and administration
officials. When asked of the possible
deterrent and enforcement
techniques, Mark Guevin '94 said
If people want to drink, they'll
find a way to do it. By increasing
security measures, it will make it
more difficult to obtain alcohol but
students would still find a way to
drink." Guevin commented that a
more effective method of
controlling the use of alcohol is
"planning campus- wideevents that
the students would rather go to."
Dean Jervis agreed. "We could
hire 350 police officers and put them
in every hallway and behind every
door, but this would not be a college,
it would be a prison." Jervis wants
to provide more atmosphere where
there are "other things to do besides
getting drunk." Although Jervis is
not pleased with the regulation, she
feels that educating people who are
"are stoned or wasted all the time"
is almost impossible. "It's very hard
because students feel (the
regulation] is a trespass on some
inalienable right of theirs," Jervis
commented.
At least for now, the
administration is left to examine its
options and immediately
implement these guidelines. With
these regulations and reviews by
the Department of Education,
Bowdoin has no choice but to
comply with the guidelines or suffer
the loss of all federal funding. As
Dean Jervis said, 'You either have
the consent of the government or a
hell of a big army."
Turn the page...
ASIFC meeting fails to decide policy - Page 2
Sexual assault at Bowdoin - Pages 10-12
Men's and Women's soccer win - Page 13
2 September 21, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
ASIFC deliberates over the future of campus wides
BY JOHN A. VALENTINE
Orient Contributor
Last Tuesday night the Alumni-
Student Inter-Fraternity Council
(ASIFC) met to decide the fate of
weekend fraternity parties at
Bowdoin College. Trying to reach a
workable solution, the meeting
redefined the moratorium planned
for this weekend to include only
parties for which tickets are sold.
The subject of the meeting, held
in Lancaster Lounge, was the
fraternities' alcohol policy and
student commitment to the future
of fraternities, said Robert Stuart,
advisor to fraternities. According to
one Delta Sigma alumnus the
objective of the meeting was to try
"to create a safer atmosphere for
parties."
In response to alumni misgivings
over the magnitude of fraternity
parties and the potential liability of
fraternities for serving under-age
students, IFC President Doug Kreps
'91 presented a reformed alcohol
policy to the alumni.
The policy introduced the
following proposals:
1. To foster responsible drinking
habits, fraternities would hold
mandatory alcohol awareness
seminars for first year students.
Entrance to fraternity parties would
be contingent upon attendance of
an assigned seminar. The seminars
would be held in fraternity houses
and be presented by fraternity
members. Some IFC representatives
felt the seminars would also
familiarize first year students with
fraternities in non-party settings.
2. Fraternities would no longer
sell tickets for parties in dormitories.
Students would haWe to buy tickets
directly from the houses. This would
encourage first year students to see
fraternities in non-party settings.
3. To encourage Greek unity and
reduce the number and size of
parties, there would be no open
parties Thursday and Friday nights.
4. Thursday and Friday parties
would be by invitation only and
between houses, however, Saturday
parties could be open and ticketed.
5. To reduce house-damage and
the number of people in the houses
during parties, either two open
parties must be held each Saturday
night or none could be held.
Despite the proposal, other
concerns surfaced that still need to
be addressed . The current policy of
having sober party monitors to
increase safety at fraternity parties
worried students and alumni
because of legal liability. Party
monitors could be found legally at
fault should an inebriated student
be injured after having consumed
alcohol at a fraternity. Said one
alumni lawyer, "If you want to take
on these adult responsibilities, you'll
have to take on the liabilities, too."
Fraternity representatives
suggested that not allowing
intoxicated students into parties and
stopping dangerously intoxicated
people from leaving parties
unescorted might reduce the risk
party monitors take.
Ticket sales to those under
twenty-one is the major point of
disagreement between the parties
that will convene at the upcoming
meeting. Those three parties: the
alumni members of the ASIFC,
Stuart, and Kenneth Lewallen, Dean
of Students, must be in agreement
for the moratorium to end.
According to Dean Lewallen,
however, the whole matter is really
between fraternities and the ASIFC.
"It's a family
squabble," he
said. "It's a case
of the land
lords telling the
tenants, 'we
don't like the
way you're
running your
houses.'"
The
understanding
reached
between the
ASIFC and the
fraternities was
that ticket sale
parties would
be suspended
for this
weekend, but
not parties in
general. When
asked if he
would extend
t h e
moratorium he
originally
Chick Levine, Bob Stuart, Scott Landau, and Doug Kreps discuss future of campus wides.
Photo by Jim Sabo.
initiated himself to ban all parties.
Dean Lewellan replied that he
would not. Lewellan said the
decision and the authority really
lay with the ASIFC.
Despite the hands off position, he
did say that he would be keeping
track of -the weekend activities. "T
will be reporting instances of ticket
sales or the charging of admission
for parties where alcohol is served,
to the ASIFC when it convenes next
Tuesday." Lewellan's basic stand is
that the issue will not become the
college's business unless the houses
continue to sell tickets because then
they are in violation of state laws.
The majority of alumni present at
last week's meeting refused to
support ticket sales to those under
twenty-one for parties where
alcohol would be served.
According to Peter Webster,
Bowdoin's lawyer, fraternities
expose themselves to greater legal
risk by selling tickets, as funds
derived from ticket sales could be
traced to the purchase of alcohol. It
is illegal in Maine for those under
twenty-one to contribute to the
purchase of alcohol.
Fraternity members objected that
if they were unable to sell tickets
they could not afford to have open
parties. Some alumni countered by
saying that by not selling tickets to
parties, fraternities would attract
more potential members. "From a
social standpoint, you [fraternities]
are the only game in town, and you
should take advantageof that," said
an alumnus.
Stuart believes that, in the future,
fraternities will not be able to charge
money for parties with alcohol. "My
main concern is that alcohol and
parties are their [fraternities'!
reasons to be," said Stuart after
Monday's Inter-Fraternity Council
meeting. He thinks that Bowdoin's
fraternities need to "sit down and
look at why they exist.. .identify
some interests and move in a
positive direction."
A special ASIFC meeting will be
held next Tuesday to resolve the
ticket issue. A proposed limit to the
amount of alcohol that can be served
at a given party will also be
presented by the students.
McCann hopes to increase support
for students with eating disorders
Students recall their ordeals
BY REBEKAH SMITH
Orient Contributor
One out of five college women has an
eatingdisorder,according to many studies
conducted on college campuses,
Mary McCann, counselor at the Health
Center, feels that this statistic probably
falls on the mark at Bowdoin. McCann
says that this year there will be improved
counseling services for students on campus
who suffer from eating disorders, because
she believes last year "there was a
tremendous need that wasn't being met."
McCann is in her second year with
Bowdoin's Counseling Service and is
enthusiastic and excited about initiating a
much-needed student support network for
those concerned with eating disorders.
She will be working with a student-run
support group-Students for Positive Body
Image- which grew out of student efforts
last spring.
A doctoral candidate at Harvard
University, McCann has studied
extensively with Carol Gilligan, a
prominent psychologist with expertise in
areas of womens' psychology.
McCann believes that this problem is
very serious and needs to be addressed.
'This problem affects the whole
community," she said. Although women
seem to suffer from eating disorders more
than men do, their wide-spread effects
constitute a "psychological, social, and
cultural problem."
Even though everyone may not have
an eating disorder, most people feel the
pressure to look a certain way, and many
may not wish to, or may be unable to,
accommodate this pressure. "Every
woman u nderstand s concern about weight
and diet, because of the cultural
pressures," McCann said.
McCann said her goal is to initiate an
active support program which Bowdoin
lacks at the present time. Last year she
fielded many questions from students
concerned about friends with possible
eating disorders. In addition to counseling
individuals, McCann would like to
establish a system for students to not only
help themselves, but also seek help from
Bowdoin's available services. "Student
involvement is key," asserts McCann.
By the first week of October, McCann
plans to havea support group for students
with eating and food concerns established;
by mid-year, she plans to have a full-
fledged student support network in place.
To help meet this goal, McCann plans to
attend a conference on October 27 to "find
out what's going on on other campuses
and explore models for intervention." She
said she would like to take two or three
students along so that they could help
launch the student support network and
learn more about this crucial problem.
Anyone who is interested in talking
with Mary McCann can make an
appointment by calling the health center.
She is on campus Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays and is willing to talk with
anyone who thinks he/she, a friendmay
have a problem with eating disorders, or
anyone who wants information.
The following is a written account by two
Bowdoin students about their battle with eating
disorders. Both now fed a healthier attitude
toward eating and are actively helping other
students who are struggling with food anxiety.
I think when I look back on my eating
habits over the years that I can remember
being conscious of my eating (what, when,
how much). I've always tended to use food
as a crutch when I'm bored or unhappy. In
Junior High school I used to come home
after school, for example, and snack in front
of the television as a way of making myself
feel better. There's not necessarily anything
wrong with doing this, and everyone eats
for reasons other than hunger from time to
time, but when it began to replace dealing
with feelings and with other people, and
when my thoughts about food were
becoming obsessive, I was definitely
making myself more miserable than I was
doing any good.
I can pinpoint when I began to really lose
a balanced perspective on food and eating
as the beginning of my junior year in high
school, when 1 went on a diet and discovered
that I could control my eating and lose
weight. I got a lot of positive reinforcement
about the weight loss, and something must
have clicked in my head in terms of the
control of eating-thinness-positive feedback
connection. The message was clear that the
thinner I tried to be, the better I looked, and
therefore, the more I was noticed and
appreciated.
It started while I lay in bed crying
uncontrollably about the gross shape of my
body, my appearance. I called a friend in the
middle of the night in a state of desperation. "You
should just go on a diet," she said. I resolved to weigh
118 lbs.
But strictly controlling your eating isn't as easy
as it sounds: your body needs food; you get
cravings; you go to a party where plates of food
tempt you; your living with your parents and
have to eat what they cook: Food quickly becomes
the enemy that's always waiting to sabotage your
efforts to get thin. It takes on powers of it's own
and you can't stop thinking about it. All through
high school, my circle of friends was devoted to
discussing food and how to control our eating; we
related toeach other in large part by concentrating
onourappearances.Wetalkedaboutdietsexercise,
how much weight we'd gained or lost, planned
for future meals and knew the caloric content of
just about anything we put in our mouths, or
forced ourselves not to. •
Two months later I had a lost twenty pounds. I
wasn't thin enough. I had to be in ultimate control
before I went to Bowdoin in the fall. During this period,
I never went out— nothing seemed fun. I could think
about nothing but food and how to control everything.
I continued to lose weight.
I went abroad the summer before I started at
Bowdoin, and lived in a culture where women are
encouraged to eat a lot, but I was determined not
to gain any weight. When I lookback at the journal
I kept during this summer, it's sad to see that I
spent more time worrying about my weight and
what I was eating than experiencing the culture.
When I got to Bowdoin in the fall, nothing got
any easier; beginning college can be rough for
someone who's shy and unsure of herself. It
seemed like so much of someone's worth was
based on her (or his) appearance, thinness being a
(Continues on page 6)
The Bowdoin Orient
September 21, 1990 3
Students give needed blood
BY HEATHER ST. PETER
Orient Contributor
While the thought of giving blood
may send shivers through spines of
many Bowdoin students, many
courageously made their way to
Sergeant Gymnasium on
Wednesday evening to fill out the
forms, to wait patiently in line, and
to donate.
The Northeast Division of the
American Red Cross visits Bowdoin
four times a year to collect the blood
which helps patients throughout
Maine and parts of Massachusetts.
This division tries to collect
approximately three hundred units
of blood per day. Bowdoin set a goal
of 205 pints which comprised a hefty
two-thirds of the day's total blood
supply. This illustrates how much
the Red Cross depends upon schools
and colleges to keep their supply of
blood flowing.
Every pint truly does count . Terry
Payson, one of the student
coordinators of the blood drive,
noted that "one pint can be filtered
down to help as many as five
people." She encourages people
"not to be nervous," observing that
"a healthy person can give up to
five times a year." It is her job to
handle the publicity on campus, to
gather volunteers, and to ensure that
everything runs smoothly.
While some volunteers have
advanced first-aid training and
Emergency Medical Training
(EMT), she stressed that future
drives, (planned for November,
February, and April) will "need all
the help (they) can get."
Reactions from students, both
before and after giving blood were
mixed. First-year student Romelia
Leech admitted being a little
nervous as she waited in line, but
was determined to go through with
donating. Afterwards most students
were able to eat a few slices of pizza
and leave, either feeling fine or, at
worst, a little queasy.
Veteran blood-donor, senior
Wendy Warford commented, "We
should be able to set our goals
higher, with the number of people
on campus. It hurts a little but its
worth it."
Terry Payson organized the blood drive this year. Photo by Chris
Strassel.
Bowdoin receives second request to submit documents
BY JOSEPH SAWYER
Orient Contributor
The Anti-Trust division of the U.S.
Justice Department is conducting a
detailed inquiry into Bowdoin's
policies concerning financial aid,
tuition rates, and teaching staff
salaries.
The actions taken by the Justice
Department have raised serious
questions concerning the future of
the relationship between some of
the nation's elite schools and the
federal government.
In August of 1989, many
American colleges received a Civil
Investigation Demand (CID) from
the Justice Department requiring
them to provide documentation on
any exchanges of information they
had with other universities.
Bowdoin complied and it sent over
three sealed crates of requested
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It is well known that the nation's
elite schools often exchanged
information on financial matters.
The center of the current debate,
however, is whether that exchange
is an open and healthy one, or if it
leads to price-fixing: in regard to
tuitions, salaries for the staff, and
even student financial aid decision.
Dean of Planning, Dr. Thomas
Hochstettler, expressed Bowdoin's
frustration and fear of enforced
"corrective" actions caused by the
controversy. "The Justice
Department has created the
impression that we have something
to hide. I fear that the public sees
our [financial records and papers]
as deep, dark secrets when actually
they are a matter available for
anyone interested to review" he
defended. Hochstettler also argued
that any exchange of information
between Bowdoin and other schools
is productive. "In a free market, an
open exchange of information is
beneficial to all parties involved.
Bo wdoin always acts independently
regardless of what the other schools
are doing," he explained.
While the CID in itself is not a
guarantee of legal action against
Bowdoin, there are a couple of likely
scenarios should the school be found
guilty. A milder form of corrective
action could be the signing of a
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Bowdoin would agree to cut off the
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this would be filed against a group
of the top fifty or so universities in
the U.S. Such an action would be
ground-breaking, and would force
a re-evaluation of the ties between
the government and academia.
"I'm not sure what the
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Coalition mobilizes for new year
Diversifying the students and faculty is the major goal of the coalition
The Bowdoin Orient
BY JESSICA SKWIRE
Orient Contributor
Unless you are color blind or in a
perpetual daze, you have noticed
the fluorescent pink and green fliers
posted all over campus for the past
week. No, they do not simply attack
color coordinated people of the
world— they serve a far more
serious purpose.
Ever since the demonstration last
spring, Bowdoin students have
weaken or become less essential.
This is the reason for the posters
stuck to trees and doors all over the
campus and for the meetings
Wednesday nights at 9:00 p.m. on
the second floor of Hubbard Hall.
By simply stopping to read one of
the fliers, Bowdoin students can
familiarize themselves with the
desires and demands of the
for an increase in minority faculty
and students known to first-year
and returning students.
Several attempts have been made
to reach out to first-year dorms in
the form of educational and
informational literature as well as
informal discussions. Another goal
is to dispel the myth that there are
not enough qualified, potential
minorityfacultymembers.Students Student's Coalition for Diversity, as
active in the coalition would like to well as with a few surprising and
narrow thediscrepancy between the sobering statistics. For instance
b«ome,r^smglyconcernedwith minority PhD«s who seek teaching there is only one LnLlTS
the lack of dtverstty m the college positions at Bowdoin and othel American prefessor.rrfnc4.Zte
communrty. Desptte this concern, schools, and those who actually tenured H^^re^r «£
the number of tenured minority become faculty members. ennrefacultT proressoron,ne
SH^^wlf!^^ T* ** v ,nth ««"°'d«™dssetforth.t The Coalition is. however, full of
s,tu.t,on has become much more the demonstration, the Coalition positive energy and optimism. IN
In «.«r™~ >„ »k a **" ? d f $ired and ex P*<*«i • weren't optimistic.- says Rios,"l
In response to th.s drop in response from President Edwards would not be involved with this
minority faculty the different by November 2 of this year. The cause.- TheC^^u^TtudenL
mmonty organizations on campus Coalition is looking for "concrete, to join them in SSr XSmSm
tangible guidelines as opposed to night meetings and work towards a
noncommittal rhetoric meant to
placate or humor concerned
students and faculty.
Students feel that over the
summer the cause became even
stronger and the need for action
more immediate, and did not
Jewish holiday celebrated
joined together last April to protest
the homogeneity of the student body
and faculty, and to make known a
list of desires and demands.
The goal of the Coalition for
Diversity, according to Julian Rios
of the Hispanic Student's
Organization, is to make the fight
Packages
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at
positive response from President
Edwards in November. As one of
the many bright green fliers
exclaims: The strength of a liberal
arts education lies in the diversity of
experience presented to students . .
. Get involved in our fight -
BY JAMIE GILLETTE
Orient Contributor
Everyone in the Bowdoin
community is invited to take part
in any of the activities surrounding
the High Holidays, regardless of
faith.
For Rosh Hoshanah, which
started at sundown on
Wednesday, September 1 9, reform
services were performed by Rabbi
Leiber. a student rabbi from New
York, at 7.-00 p.m. Wednesday and
10.-00 a.m. Thursday in the Maine
Lounge. Following the
Wednesday service, participants
were invited to join in eatingapptes
and honey, a traditional choice of
foods which symbolize the start of
a sweet New Year.
The ten days between Rosh
Hoshanah and Yom Kippur make
up the Days of Awe, during which
people of the Jewish faith are to
reflect on their sins and work out
ways to become better members
of the community. On Yom
Kippur, or the Day of Atonement
(September 28), services will be
held at 7.-00 pm. in the Lancaster
Lounge, and on September 29 at
10.-00 a.m. and 5.-00 p.m. in the
Maine Lounge. Traditionally,
Jews are to fast between sundown
on Friday until sundown on
Saturday, and so an ample meal
will be held in the Pub after
sundown on Saturday evening to
-break" the fast.
When confronted by the image
of the New Year, many would
first associate it with pops of
champaign corks, masses of
hastily thrown confetti, and
drunken renditions of "Auld
Lang Syne." However, ask a
group of religion majors why
now, in the middle of September,
people are talking about the New
Year, and they will inform you of
the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh
Hoshanah and Yom Kippur,
which herald in the Jewish New
Year and which Bowdoin
students can celebrate through
services and activities scheduled
by the Bowdoin Jewish
Organization.
Students interested in more
information about the schedule
of services or activiticscan contact
Debbie Ladd, president of the
Bowdoin Jewish Organization, at
72M174, or Sam Brody at 725-
4051.
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Orient Contributor
Why are they making us walk to
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packages could be picked up at
Coles Tower or in the Game Room
at the Moulton Union. Now pick up
has been moved to the Service
Bureau, away from the mail boxes.
The main reason for the move is
centralization. When construction
is completed on the new student
center, package pick-up for the
whole campus will be moved there.
The package pick-up system is being
completely reorganized in
anticipation of the move. Previously,
the Service Bureau was only
responsible for faculty and staff
packages. Student packages were
handled separately. Now they are
handled by, and sent to the Service
Bureau. According to Bureau
supervisor Barbara Wyman, the new
centralized system is more secure
and easier to supervise.
If you have any ideas for
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Sociology statistics reveal Bowdoin
Study conducted by the sociology department show interesting data
September 21, 1990 5
Percentage of Approval of BWA
16.20%
BY KEN LEGINS
Orient Contributor
Every year Bowdoin College
publishes statistical characteristics
about the incoming class. The
numbers are usually broken down
by race, gender and geographic
location, but Lillian Floge's spring
1990 Sociological Research class
decided there is much more
information pertaining to diversity
than one can obtain by simply
reviewing those percentages.
The class conducted a project that
examined the concept of diversity
at Bowdoin College It obtained data
through an exploratory research
method of interviewing and from
questionnaires that were written
and mailed out to a randomly
selected sample of students.
The conclusions found bytheclass
covered many dimensions of
diversity, with a majority of
hypothesizes centered around the
perceptions of, and attitudes
towards marginalized groupson the
Bowdoin campus.
Thequestionnaires focused on the
basic characteristics of the 142
students sampled, and resulted in
an extremely representative sample
according to the 1989-90 Bowdoin
View Book. 55.6% of those sampled
were males, 44.4% were females and
there was a minority representation
of 10%. A large amount of the
sample — 65% — was from the
classes of '92 and '93. 62.4% of those
sampled attended public high
schools while 37.6% attended
private high schools. 52.5% had
family incomes greater than $75,000,
and the rest wereevenly distributed
among lower income brackets.
Other descriptive variables were
also obtained relating to religion,
financial aid, sexual preference,
sports, and fraternity/sorority
affiliation if any.
The majority of the students in
the class researched hypotheses
which related specific characteristic
variables of the sampled students to
their opinions of diversity at
Bowdoin. The findings suggested
that Bowdoin students generally feel
that diversity contributes to their
education and that Bowdoin should
be more diverse.
The survey revealed that women
were more satisfied with the male/
female ratio at Bowdoin than men
were. And on the topic of minority
students at Bowdoin, both males
and females seem to feel that
Bowdoin should attempt to bring
more minority students to Bowdoin.
Also 95% approved of interracial
dating.
Concerning public displays of
affection, there was a 60/40 split.
Over 60% of the students approved
of heterosexual couples publicly
displaying affection, while only a
little over 40% of the same students
approved of gay or lesbian couples
publicly displaying affection.
Students are also evenly split over
the question of fraternities/
sororities contributing to diversity
at Bowdoin. However, fraternity
members were not among the top
three groups of people that Bowdoin
students were most uncomfortable
with. Homosexuals were the people
students were most uncomfortable
with. Feminists were a close second,
followed by very intelligent people,
fraternity/sorority members,
professors, and finally minorities.
Specifically looking at questions
pertaining to the Bowdoin Women's
Association(BWA)andthe Bisexaul
Gay Lesbian Alliance for Diversity
(BGLAD), perceptions of diversity
by the Bowdoin student body can
be more closely examined.
Refering to graphs 1 and 3 there is
an obvious majority that approve of
the BWA and the BGLAD
organizations, however, when
looking at graphs 2 and 4 the
positions central to the
organizations (i.e. discrimination
against women and acceptance of
public displays of affection by gay
and lesbian couples), are not
accepted or agreed upon by a
majority of the student body.
This study has led the Sociological
Research class, and will hopefully
lead the Bowdoin community as
well, to a better understanding of
the complicated issues of diversity.
Overall, the class reported the
assignment as a challenge which
reveled hidden perceptions of
diversity in the Bowdoin College
community of which it is not fully
aware.
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Perceptions of Discrimination Against Women
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You are entitled to support.
A support group for female
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at Counseling Services.
If you or someone you know is
trying to cope alone
call Kari Wagner at
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The Bowdoin Orient
Eating disorder
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crucial element, and I was horribly
afraid of gaining the "freshman
15."
/ came to Bowdoin terrified of the
"freshman 15" I had heard about it
from friends and read a recent article
on it in Mademoiselle's "back to
school" issue. I came to Bowdoin
emaciated, depressed and anxious.
Luckily for me though, there were
others who shared my discipline of
control. There were many who knew
"the tricks." It was easy for me to
continue my regime.
Socializing often seemed to
revolve around the dining halls,
overflowing with food: eating
continued to play a central role in
how people related to each other.
Ordering pizza late at night, going
to Ben & Jerry's, raiding a
fraternity's kitchen, drinking lots
of beer, and going to Shop 'n' Save
for something to eat on a Friday
night were all a part of the social
scene.
I also played a sport, so I was
exercising a lot and had "license"
to eat anything 1 wanted. 1 was
eating huge quantities of food in
an effort to play the role of the
person who could "eat everything
and never gain weight." My
clothes became tighter and I was
feeling increasingly bad about
myself and my body. I would
"overeat" on a weekend night and
wa ke u p ha ti ng myself for my lack
of control.
I tried various schemes to lose
weight, like skipping meals and
getting bag lunches so 1 wouldn't
be confronted with all the food in
the dining hall, but nothing
seemed to work. I would eat a lot
and then exercise excessively or
deny myself food in a constant
binge-purge cycle.
I was miserable and hating
myself, but no one seemed to think
that there was anything
particularly unusual or wrong
with my eating habits. It was
constantly suggested to me that if
I could just exert some self-
restraint, watch what I ate, and
exercise, I would lose weight and
everything would be fine. People
seemed to think that maybe I was
worrying a bit too much about
this, but, on the other hand,
women always have to "watch
their weight," so why was I so
unhappy.
/ have never been so depressed as 1
was that first semester. I was
obviously very sick but no one
confronted me. When I told my
roommate that 1 was worried about
my obsession . She simply advised me,
"Just don't lose any, or gain any." I
felt incredibly trapped. I just wanted
someone to tell me 1 was too thin and
take away the obsession, the pain.
I hated the fact that so much of
my self-esteem relied on such a
superficial characteristic, but I
didn't seem able to leam to like
myself or my body as they were. It
gets to the point where you want
someone else to take it all out of
your hands, and all I wanted was
for someone to tell me that they
thought I had a very real problem,
that I did not actually have to live
like this and feel like this for the
rest of my life.
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The Bowdoin Orient
September 21, 1990 7
The Bowdoin Orient
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
James Mopes hypnotizes Bowdoin
BYKATHERINE HARRINGTON
Orient Staff
Trying to d ispel my preconceived
notions of long couches, gold
watches and short, fat bald men
mumbling about getting sleepy, I
walked into Morrell Gym on that
fateful Saturday night to be, if
nothing else, entertained by "some
hypnosis thing." Admittedly, I was
a trifle skeptical, yet I tried to
maintain a somewhat open mind.
Well, I got far more than I had
anticipated. James Mapes (looking
nothing like my picture of an
insecure, bald hypnotist)
commanded attention with his
height, graying temples and
booming voice. Moreover, he held
my attention because I knew that he
was supposed to do weird things to
the audience.
He started out by telling us a little
about his background, and that he
started a Hypnosis Clinic in New
York. After this brief introduction,
he got to the real meat of the
evening — audience participation.
Before this, I had only been skeptical,
now I was downright freaked- out.
What was this guy going to do to
us? Were we all going to turn into
chickens? Was this the next
Jonestown? Would we be forced to
confess our innermost secrets before
the student body while staring into
this Rasputin-like character's eyes?
Trying to relax with my eyes
closed, while he led us through the
initial exercise, I actually found
myself untensing, relaxing. Mapes
was leading us through what he
referred to as a basic relaxation
technique, but it was also designed
to inform him who would be the
best subjects for the show. We were
asked to imagine our hands melted
together, and when he gave us the
signal, we were supposed to try and
pull them apart. I snapped mine
apart and sat down, thinking to
myself, "That's easy. Next?" I nearly
fell over when approximately thirty
puzzled looking students walked
down to the middle of the gym
straining to separate their hands.
Mapes explained to the audience
that the members of the group were
able to trust themselves and
therefore were able to reach higher
levels of relaxation than the rest of
us. Being the over-achiever and the
perfectionist that 1 am, I wanted
another chance to prove that I could
trust myself just as much as the next
person. But I realized that my chance
had passed, for the man kept
moving — and fast.
He quickly performed another
relaxation technique, and narrowed
the group of participants down to
about twenty-five. Then, the real
fun began.
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Friday, September 21, 8:00 p.m.
Concert. Ray and Cilia Fisher,
two of Scotland's leading singers
of traditional songs will be
performing. Tickets are $8 at the
door. The Chocolate Church, Bath.
For more information call 729-3185.
Saturday, September 22,
Concert. Otis Rush, Zora Young,
Eddie Kirkland, and the Blue
Flames will perform and evening
of jazz. Tickets are $1 for students.
USM Portland Gym, 96 Falmouth
St., Portland. For more information
call 727-3881.
Sunday, September 23, 3:00 p.m.
Gallery Talk. "Shining Examples:
Reflections on the Bowdoin Silver
Collection." Martha G. Fales,
honorary curator of silver jewelry,
Essex Institute, Salem,
Massachusetts. Walker Art
Building.
Monday, September 24, 7:30 p.m.
Film. The Accused. Language
Media Center, Sills Hall.
Tuesday, September 25, 7:30 p.m.
Slide Lecture. "Edward Warren
Perry: Collector of Art and
Conspirator Against Boston."
Martin Green, Harriet Fay
Professor of Literature Tufts
University;and authorof TheMount
Vernon Street Warrens. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Always taking care to make this
a positive experience for his
newfound zombies, Mapes began
taking them into deeper stages of
hypnosis. People were falling out
of chairs at his command to
"Sleep!" The people on the stage
looked completely mesmerized.
One of the audiences' favorite
student participants was Cat
Sperry, '93. She received howls of
laughter over her conversation
with Mapes after he suggested she
would be "higher than she had ever
been." Cat had been sitting on the
floor, staring off into space, while
others were dancing around and
laughing. Mapes walked over and
asked her what she was looking at.
With a slight giggle, Cat replied
"I'm looking at the light." Then,
Mapes asked her what she found
so fascinating about the light. Cat
brought down the house with her
simple reply: "It's on!"
Mapes continually reiterated the
fact that this would be a positive
experience for the participants, and
even after he made two people
forget their names, he reinstated
their memory and told the zombies
to only take the evening in the
context it was meant — good, clean
fun. As the evening progressed, 1
(Continued on page 8)
Wednesday, September 26, 7:30
p.m.
Film. The White Rose. English or
with subtitles. Smith Auditorium,
Sills Hall.
Thursday, September 27, 7:30
p.m.
Reading. Inobservanceof Banned
Books Week, readings by writers
and poets: Reza Jalali, a former
Iranian prisoner of conscience; Bill
Carpenter; Christopher Fahy;
Elizabeth Hand; Richard Grant;
Kathleen Lignell and Martin
Steingesser. Music performed by
Roberto Laignelet. Refreshments
served. Sponsored by Amnesty
International Group. Farnsworth
Museum, Rockland. For more
information call 354-8509.
Thursday, September 27, 7:30
p.m.
Lecture. "Art and
Autobiography: An Artist's
Reflections." Howardena Pindell,
New York City artist and professor
of art, SUNY, Stony Brook. Kresge
Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
Thursday, September 27, 8 p.m.
Performance. The Mad Horse
Theater Company presents
Christopher Hampton's play Les
Liaisons Dangereuses. Tickets are$l2-
15. The Mad Horse Theater 955
Forest Avenue, Portland. For more
information call 797-3338.
In search of art
The Portland Museum of Art is
currently exhibiting the following:
Through October 2&- French
Impressionism and Beyond: The
Scott M. Black Collection. This
exhibition shows a cross section of
French art from the end of the
nineteenth century through the
early part of this century. Some of
the artists included in the exhibit
are Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard,
and Fernand Leger.
Through September 30- Views
of Rome from the Thomas Ashby
Collection in the Vatican Library.
The works of art in this exhibit,
which include over eighty
drawings and watercolors dating
from the sixteenth through the
nineteenth centuries, were
collected by the distinguished
classical archaeologist Thomas
Asby. As part of the permanent
collection of the Vatican Library,
the collection is making its first
tour abroad. Artists included are
Jan Bruegel the Elder, Claude
Lorrain, and Jakob Philipp
Hackert.
Through September 23-
Winslow Homer Watercolors.
This exhibit includes thirteen
outstanding watercolors ranging
from 1873, shortly after Homer
had taken up the medium, to 1897
and include works from the artist's
pivotal English period in the early
1880s.
8 September 21, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Horsefeathers serves variety
Orient Food Critic
Do you ever get together with a
groupoffriendstogoouttodinner,
and nobody can agree on what kind
of food they feel like eating? If this
dilemma sounds familiar, then
here's a solution to your problems.
The solution is Horsefeathers.
Chinese, Mexican, Italian, seafood,
hamburgers, salads —
Horsefeathers has it all and more.
It claims to be a "whimsical,
contemporary dining concept,"
and if this means that it's meals are
inventive, I guess I agree. Since it
opened in 1976, Horsefeathers has
continued to serve up an interesting
and varied menu.
Appetizers range from Chinese
pot stickers to scallops wrapped in
bacon to "nasty nachos" to "The
Original and Unbeatable
Horsefries." "These shareable
noshes make for amazing grazing"
and are a great way to start off a
meal.
Horsefeathers offers a simple
salad and boasts a large assortment
of creative and fresh salads that
serve both as complements to a
meal or as meals in themselves. If
you're in a South of the Border
mood, there is a tostado salad that
combines salad greens and
Horsefeathers' own beefy chili in
an edible tortilla shell. However, if
it is seafood that's on your mind,
the Seafood Chef's Salad is a viable
alternative. It is a combination of
lobster, crab, & shrimp, and the
\managemcnt claims that it's sure
to be "A true Crustacean elation!"
If your stomach needs more than
a salad for satisfaction,
Horsefeathers also offers a large
assortment of "significant
suppings." Steamed Maine
Lobster, stir fried scallops,
Szechuan chicken, lusty lasagna,
and sirloin steak are just a few
examples. These meals all include
a small salad and your choice of
Horsefries, rice pilaf, or a fresh
vegetable.
If you still haven't found
something that suits your fancy,
don't give up. Horsefeathers
invites its customers to build their
veryown "Bordacious burger." For
an additional SO cents a piece,
Horsefeathers offers 11 different
toppings including Mexican red
salsa, guacamole, bacon, chili,
Swiss cheese, and more.
The menu goes on. How about
a reuben, or a Philly cheese steak,
or a chicken cordon bleu
sandwhich. And if you still cannot
make a decision, don't forget to
take a glance at the specials board.
The selections which I've listed
are only the tip of the iceberg. My
three dinner companions and I all
agreed that the selection at
Horsefeathers was impressive.
However, when any restaurant
tries to do it all, then quality tends
tosuffer — thinkof the saying, "jack
of all trades, master of none." The
person in the group who ordered
the Szechuan chicken said, "It's
good, but it's not really Chinese."
The person who ordered the
blackened chicken in a tortilla
said, "It's good, but it isn't really
Mexican." On the other hand, my
roasted teriyaki chicken was
great, and my friend's seafood
salad if nota "crustacean elation"
was still very good.
Overall, I would recommend
Horsefeathers, but I think it's best
to stick to the more traditional
fare. If you want real Chinese
food or great Mexican food, and
everyone else in your group is in
agreement, Horsefeathers just
won't do it. Also, since its opening
14 years ago, Horsefeathers has
expanded to more than one
location. The nearest restaurant
to Bowdoin is in Freeport, but
there is also one located in
Portland. If you have the time, I'd
definitely go to the one in
Portland — the atmosphere is
much more cozy and relaxing.
Regardless of location the menu
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A year-long series of films
focusing on various issues of
sexuality will be shown on
Monday evenings, beginning
September 24th. All but three of
the films will be shown in the
Language Media Center, Sills Hall,
at 7:30 p.m. Those screenings are
free and open to the public.
Three of the films (sex, lies and
videotape on November 5th; She's
Gotta Have It on February 4th;
She's Too Beautiful for You on April
15th) will be shown in Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center,
also at 7:30 p.m. For these films
only, admission will be free with a
Bowdoin ID, $1.50 for the public.
September 24, 1990
October 8
October 15
October 29
November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26
December 3
January 28, 1991
February 4
February 1 1
February 18
February 25
March 4
Wednesday, March 13
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22
April 29
May 6
The screenings are part of the
Women's Stud ies program's Second
Annual Film Seriesentitled
"Cinema /Sexuality: an exploration
of sexuality and film." The films
were selected to complement the
course offerings in 1990-91 by the
Women's Studies Program, which
focus on sexual issues in novels,
advertising, history and politics.
The films are intended to raise
provocative questions about how
sexual issues are dealt with bv
artists. Several of the films are
controversial and were once
banned . Their availability todayis a
reflection in itself of the changing
nature of sexual issues.
The Accused
My Beautiful Launderette
Drsert Hearts
Rosemary's Baby/Nosferatu
Swept Away
sex, lies and videotape
The Unbearable Lightness of
Being
Choose Me
Fellini's City of Women
The Life and Times of Harvey
Milk/Before Stonewall
She's Gotta Have It
Scenes from a Marriage
Men
Parting Glances
Women on the Verge of a
Nervous Breakdown
Taxi Zum Klo
(viewer discretion advised)
Fellini's Satyricon
Last Tango in Paris
She's Too Beautiful for You
Godard's Breathless
Born in Flames
Blue Velvet
Mapes
(Continued from page 7)
realized that I was having fun, and
1 began to wish more and more that
my hands had stuck together.
Mapes' final demonstration
involved the technique of age
regression. He took three students
back to when they were twelve years
old, and then five. As he was doing
so, he explained to the audience the
benefits of this to their real lives.
For example, a doctor can implant a
suggestion which will reverse
adverse effects that may have
occurred in relation to an accident
or other traumatic event. Next,
Mapes interviewed the now five-
yearold Bowdoin students, and had
them draw pictures. The results of
this particular exercise were
astonishing.
Overall, the evening was more
than just thoroughly entertaining, it
was also a learning experience. It
certainly made a believer out of me.
I'm sure many people left the room
both believing and skeptical. But at
least we all had the proof
demonstrated right before our very
eyes. Everybody seemed to enjoy
themselves, and I'm going to
practice making my hands stick
together for next year. An evening
with John Mapes is an event that is
already on my calendar for next
year, and I suggest that you do not
miss it whether you are a skeptic or
a believer.
Remember to buy your Dan Hurlirt tickets.
Performance is September 28 and 29, at 8 p.m.
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Out of Africa
USA 1986 150 minutes
Friday, September 21, Smith
Auditorium, 7:30 and 10.O0p.rn.
A beautifully composed love
story starring Meryl Streep and
Robert Redford. Based on Isak
Dinesen's novel which takes
place on a Kenyan coffee farm.
Out of Africa is an eloquent,
splendidly photographed
memoir of Dinesen's love affair
with an elusive, free-spirited
pioneer.
A Room With A View
USA 1986 115 minutes
Saturday, September 22, Smith
Auditorium, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
This film is the winner of three
Academy awards for Best Costume
Design, Best Adapted Screenplay,
and Best Art Direction. It tells the
story of Lucy Honeychurch, a
young Englishwoman who travels
to Italy in 1907, falls in love and is
eventually liberated from the
puritanical conventions of
Victorian England.
The Tin Drum
Germany 1979 142 minutes
3:30 p.m. in' Kresge
Auditorium at the Visual Arts
Center and 8:00 p.m. in Smith
Auditorium
This award-winning film is
directed by Schlondroff . It is the
poignant drama of a boy who is
terrified by the adult world of
sex, violence, and Nazism, and
has refused to grow up. The
movie is in German with
subtitles.
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12 September 21, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Campus services offer support
BY LYNN WARNER
Orient Senior Editor
If you are a female student at
Bowdoin College and are raped by
a man, either a Bowdoin student or
someone else, there are services to
which you can turn for help. A
counselor of the Bath-Brunswick
Rape Crisis Help-line laid out these
steps for you to use as guidelines for
action if you are the survivor of
sexual assault.
- Get to a safe place.
- Do not shower or douche or
change clothing before being
examined.
- Tell anyone you feel
Men & Rape -
comfortable telling. This could be a
proctor, a dean, a member of the
faculty, a friend, or a member of the
Peer Relations Support Group.
- Seek medical attention to deal
with the possibilties of sexually
transmitted diseases and
pregnancy and to collect evidence
in case you decide to press criminal
charges.
You can go to either Parkview or
Regional Hospitals at any hour of
the day or night, contact the Rape-
Crisis Help-line, go to the Bowdoin
infirmary, contact a PRSG member,
or call counselling service 24 hours
a day.
-Consider reporting the incident
to the Brunswick Police
Department, the Deans' Office, or
the Sexual Harassment Board.
Once these steps have been dealt
with, you should focus on your
emotions. The Help-line also offers
advice on how to take care of
yourself emotionally if you are the
survivor of a sexual assault.
- Try not to minimize or deny
your pain.
- Remember that feeling guilty,
anxious, scared, or violated are
among the many normal feelings
you will feel if you have been
sexually assaulted.
- Seek therapy at the Bowdoin
Counseling Service or elsewhere.
(Continued from page 10)
male-female relationships in
general?
If men challenge each other to be
responsible for their actions, then
women will be able to begin trusting
men. As things stand, a woman
must always be aware of her date's
actions, things he says, how
intoxicated he is. She must pick a
"safe place" for their first date
because she can't be sure that her
date will be responsible for his
actions. She fears that if they were
alone, she would lose some control
over the situation. If the woman
were not forced to consider all of
these things, she would be freer to
concentrate on her date, as men are
free to do.
Why should you, a man, be
concerned about rape? I'm not the
only man on campus with women
friends, sisters, or a mother.
I would Ye bought a Macintosh even without
the student discount.
Greg Gollent
Consumer Economics and Housing
Cornell University
The first time I saw a Macintosh, I was immediately
hooked. It's a work of art. I saw the student pricing and my
next move was obvious: get one.
"Some other computers are cheaper, but they're
a pain to learn, and working on them can be a
grueling experience. Last year, a friend bought
another kind of computer against my advice
~]' : . and has used it for maybe 15 hours.
What a waste.
"Macintosh, on the other hand,
is a logical extension of the
mind. It lets you concentrate
on what's in your paper, not
on how to get it on paper.
You can create profes-
sional-looking docu-
ments in minutes, and
you lose the fear of
learning new pro-
grams because they
all work in the
same way.
"Once you've
worked with a Macintosh,
there's no turning back'.'
Come to the Macfest !
October 17th from 10am-2pm
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union
Why do people love Macintosh*?
Ask them.
Ci990ApplaCo«npuMr.mc Aepte. Wm Ape* lego, and Maamo*> — ngiinj wdtmnti oi *ppw Cwnput. mc
Former chairs speak
(Continued from page 11)
really want to have sex with
someone who might not want to be
there.... With someone who's not
responding, or who's struggling, or
who is too drunk to know what's
going on? That's a very strange
definition of mutual intimacy. Is
asking someone to have sex just too
personal?
Often men are incredulous when
we suggest that they ASK a woman
if she wants to have sex. Maybe it's
not "manly", or cool. But the
definition of rape is oral, anal, or
vaginal intercourse without active
consent. And "active" consent isn't
merely "not saying no"; it means
actively saying "yes!" If a woman
wants to have sex with you, she'll
say "yes." And if she doesn't, then
she'll say "no." And if she does say
"no", and she means "yes", then
respect her "no", and let her make
the next move. Because if you don't
respect her "no", and force sex on
her anyway, or if you don't ask for
her consent, or if she can't consent
because she's drunk or passed out,
orotherwise incapacitated, then you
are raping her. And rape is a Class A
Felony — just like murder. We're
not kidding. Not having sex might
be a bummer, but it isn't a crime.
We know a lot of you reading this
are thinking, 'These women hate
men.The/reanti-sex.Whyaremen
always to blame?" We're not
"blaming" all, men just because
they're men, but when it comes to
sexual assault and date rape, the
dismal statistics are that men are
usually the perpetrators and women
the survivors. We're not forgetting
that many men are also survivors of
rape, and that their experience is at
least as traumatic as women's. The
facts, however, prove
overwhelmingly that men rape both
women and men.
Not all men rape. But many men
do rape and do not consider
themselves rapists. And,
unfortunately, these men worry
more about getting caught than they
do about abusing women. Think
about it.
At least one out of three women
will be sexually assaulted in her
lifetime, and it's very likely that it
will be by someone she knows.
These women are not just "feeling
guilty in the morning." They are
women whose very souls have been
invaded, and they will carry scars
for the rest of their lives. Rape isn't
simply about sex — it's about power
and violence. It's about saying,
"What I want is more important
than what you want, and I'm going
to get it."
There is only so much we can tell
peopleabout sexual assault; we can't
change people who don't want to
change. But we can tell you that the
times are changing, and women are
not going to take the blame for rape
any longer. And we can also tell you
that one out of every three women
knows what we're talking about.
She may not have told you; she may
not have told anyone. But it could
be your best friend, your girlfriend,
your sister, your daughter, or even
your mother. It could happen today,
if it hasn't already. If you know
more than two women, then this is
your problem too.
THE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS AT
GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY LAW
CENTER
WILL BE MEETING WITH STUDENTS WHO
ARE INTERESTED IN LAW SCHOOL
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1990
AT 1:00-2:00 & 2:00-3:00 PM
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The Bowdoin Orient
September 21, 1990 13
The Bowdoin Orient
SPORTS
Men's soccer impressive in openers
BY DAVID SCIARRETTA
Orient Asst. Sports Editor
The men's soccer team kicked off
the 1990 season with a convincing
2-0 victory over the University of
New England last week.
The win, which came over an
unimpressive UNE squad, took
place Friday on Pickard Field.
When these two teams squared
off in Biddeford last season,
Bowdoin triumphed easily, 7-0.
Although the score was not as
lopsided this year, Bowdoin
dominated the game from start to
finish, allowing UNE just two shots
on goal in the entire contest.
UNE lists just three seniors and
three juniors on their roster, in
contrast to the Bears, whose varsity
squad carries just two first-year
students, and has a host of returning
juniors and seniors.
Bowdoin took charge of the game
early, d isplaying aggressive play all
over the field, as evidenced by
several first-half foul calls.
The Bears out-hustled their
opponent, and were able to keep
most of the play on the UNE half of
the field.
Senior co-captain Bill Lange and
Greg Lennox '93 controlled the ball
and operated together very
effectively in the mid field . They also
dropped back at times to allow the
defense, led by senior co-captain
Amin Khaddurri, to turn the ball
upfield.
At 2903, Lance Conrad, who
tallied five goals and three assists in
1989, broke away from his man on
the left side and lofted a soft pass to
Matt Patterson '93 in front of the
goal. Amid the goal-mouth
confusion, Patterson was able to
head the ball, looping it just over the
outstretched hands of UNE goalie
Joe Legere for the Bears' first goal.
From the outset, it appeared that
the home team was in better physical
Golf team opens with
Bowdoin Invitational
BY AMY BIELEFELD
Orient Contributor
Bowdoin's golf team hosted "the
most competitive invitational" of
recent years this weekend,
according to Coach Terry Meagher.
Eleven teams competed on
September 14th and 15th, leaving
Colby as the winner after a playoff
with Merrimack.
The University of Southern
Maine's team placed third, and the
lowest individual score was from
Heath Hawker, fourth man on the
M.I.T. squad.
The five players from Bowdoin
were Alex Ruttenberg '91 , Mike Van
Huystee '92, Rick Abromson '92,
Brian Crovo '93, and Scott Mostrom
'93. Meagher praised the team's
performance, despite adverse
weather conditions on Saturday.
Scott Mostrom stood out as the
team's fifth man, with the team's
lowest score, 163.
He was closely followed by Mike
Van Huystee, with a 165, and Alex
Ruttenberg, with a 169.
The Bears also played UNH,
classified by Meagher as the
toughest team they would face, and
Merrimack on September 18 at
Portsmouth, NH.
Their next meet is the long-
awaited CBB, on the Waterville
course, which Meagher calls one of
the best in the state. Last year
Bowdoin won this tournament, and
the team hopes to repeat that victory.
Meagher seemed pleased with the
weekend's results, and is looking
forward to future meets. He is
optimistic for the season, saying the
team should "improve as the season
goes on".
Volleyball finishes third
in NESCAC tournament
BY TIMOTHY M. SMITH
Orient Contributor
At the time out, Bowdoin trailed
1 3-1 in the fifth and deciding game
of its match against St. Joseph's as
the women's volleyball team
gathered around Coach Lynn
Ruddy.
Having already erased a two-
game deficit, St. Joseph's was close
to stealing this one from the Bears.
They seemed to sense victory.
"Don't try to force it," urged
Coach Ruddy. "Settle down."
And so they did. Returning to the
court, the team won six of the next
seven points.
Highlighted by Ingrid
Gustavson's '92 monstrous spike to
put the Bears up 15-14, thecomeback
gave indication that this squad is as
"mentally tough" as Ruddy says
condition than their opponent.
The second half was much like
the first, with the bulk of the action
occurring in UNE territory. The
Bowdoin passing game, although
not up to mid -season form as of yet,
outclassed the more haphazard play
of the visitors.
The Bears' forward line,
spearheaded by the speedy Conrad
and Greg Hostetter '91, had several
scoring opportunities in the early
minutes of the second half, but failed
to capitalize on them.
The UNE goalkeeper Legere was
kept busy as shots flew from all
sides, but the Bears had difficulty
putting the ball in the net. Bowdoin
took twelve shots on goal in the
contest, with Legere registering
eight saves.
The second half scoring slump
was snapped after Bowdoin was
awarded a corner kick from the left
side. Derek Spence '92 took the kick,
and lofted a ball that sailed
beautifully over the middle, where
forward Justin Schuetz '94 was able
to use his height to get a head on the
ball and redirect it into the lower
left comer of the goal. Schuetz's
first career goal at Bowdoin served
as an insurance score for the Bears,
and for the remainder of the contest
UNE remained unable to get their
passing game going at all.
Coach Tim Gilbride was pleased
with his team's opening day
performance.
"The team showed lots of poise
out there," said Gilbride. "We had
good control, with nice passing and
really played team soccer."
He added that he thought UNE
was a good team to open the season
against, as the game provided the
Bears with an opportunity to work
on their passing game and
teamwork against a bit of
competition.
On September 19, Maine
Maritime Academy came to town,
bringing memories of last year's 1 4-
Bowdoin romp. The Mariners,
winless in two attempts so far this
season, fared a bit better than last
year, but it was not nearly enough.
After a frustrating first half that
nonetheless ended with Bowdoin
up 1-0 on the strength of a Mvelase
Mahlaka '91 goal, the home squad
erupted with five second half scores.
Lennox scored twice, along with
Conrad , Spence, and Rob Kean '92
to propel the Bears to a 6-1 win.
Looking towards the future,
Gilbride hopes the team will do a
better job of marking up men from
the midfield, and have fewer missed
scoring opportunities. He said that
against tougher foes, Bowdoin will
have to capitalize on more of their
scoring chances, as they will be less
frequent than in the UNE game.
Bowdoin will look to build on
their 2-0 record when they host
powerful Connecticut College on
September 22.
Juniors Tracy Ingram and Krista Myslikk go to goal as Middlebury backs pursue. Photo by Dave Wilby.
Women 's soccer off -40 a fast start
BY DAVE JACKSON
Orient Staff
they are.
After losing convincingly to Bates
and defeating a weaker Trinity team
last week, the team joined five other
schools at Connecticut College for a
competitive weekend tournament.
The Bears fell to the eventual
tournament finalists, Amherst (12-
15, 15-13, 2-15) and Wesleyan (11-
15, 15-11, 13-15) in their first two
matches. Nevertheless, Coach
Ruddy remained optimistic,
emphasizing that the Wesleyan
game was "the best we have played
all year."
Before leaving Connecticut
College, the Bears swept St. Joseph's
of Hartford, 15-5, 15-13.
Ruddy hopes that her team can
use its strong effort last weekend as
a springboard to further success.
"It showed us what wecould do,"
(Continued on page 14)
The women's soccer team took
care of some old business at the
start of the season, downing
Middlebury and Trinity, to gain
revenge for their last two losses of
1989.
Though the team fell to
powerhouse New Hampshire
College on Tuesday, 3-0, their start
was very encouraging.
The Bears shut out Middlebury
2-0 last Friday to avenge a 2-1 loss
in their regular season finale last
season.
After spending last year in
Scotland, Christine Neill '91 picked
up right where she left off the
previous year, scoring midway
through the first half. Neill's goal
came off a scramble in front of the
goal, when Tracy Ingram '92
crossed the ball into the goal mouth .
The second half was dominated
by the Bears, though they scored
only once. K.C. Frary '92 took a
Carol Thomas '93 pass at the right
post and tapped it in for the final
margin.
Caroline Blair-Smith '93 picked
up the shutout, stopping all nine
Panther shots.
An even sweeter victory came
Saturday with the 4-1 win over
Trinity, which defeated Bowdoin \-
in the ECAC finals last year. In
that game. Trinity goalie Alison Bolk
stopped 18 Bear shots.
This time Bowdoin was too much,
scoring three times in the second
half after theteams were deadlocked
at halfrime.
The Bears first goal came just 10
minutes into the game. After a
handball infraction in the goal box
by Trinity, sweeper Alicia Collins
'93 converted a penalty kick, beating
Bolk to the lower right.
Trinity tied the game with a well-
executed comer kick late in the half,
but again the Bears dominated the
second half.
Neill scored on another scramble
fifteen minutes into the half, for her
second goal of the young season.
Coach John Cullen noted that
Neill "is always around the ball.
She has an instinct for getting to the
ball in a scramble and scoring,
something that can't be taught."
Bowdoin iced the game with two
goals in a three-minute stretch.
Ingram scored off a beautiful
touch pass from Aileen Daversa '93
with 11:36 to play. Then, a Sarah
Russell '91 corner kick went off the
head of a Trinity back to Collins,
who headed the ball into the open
net for her second goal of the game
with 8:47 left.
Cullen was extremely pleased at
the two victories, particularly the
strong second halves. Because of a
new ECAC rule that prohibits a
player from re-entering a game in
the same half after being rested,
many of the players were forced to
play the entire 90 minutes. Cullen
attributes the play to "good
conditioning". "The players really
kept in shape over the summer and
came back prepared."
The 3-0 setback to New
Hampshire College was simply a
result of being overmatched.
NHC, ranked #5 in the country in
Division II, was in control the entire
game and Bowdoin was unable to
counter the attack Blair-Smith made
14 saves in a fine effort.
The Bears are in the midst of a five
game road trip that takes them to
Babson on Saturday and Southern
Maine on Wednesday.
14 September 21, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Volleyball
(Continued from page 13)
said Ruddy. "It showed us that
we're well on our way to being a
well-conditioned team."
Hoping to improve on last
•season's 22-12 record, she has
high expectations for this highly-
talented team. She remains
confident that her Bears, led by
senior co-captains Jennifer Levine
and Abby Jealous, will enjoy
many victories in the weeks
ahead.
Up and down week for tennis
BY ERIC LUPFER
Orient Contributor
Ellen Williamson "93 handles the serving chores in Tuesday 's
Vjnatch against St. Joseph's. Photo by Jim Sabo.
The women's tennis team ended
their first week of competition with
a 1-2 record.
The two'losses came during the
weekend matches with Middlebury
and Colby, both by the score five
matches to four.
The team's first victory came on
Tuesday when the team routed the
University of New Hampshire eight
matches to one.
According to Coach Ros
Kermode, Middlebury and Colby
arc two of the toughest teams that
Bowdoin will face all season, so
Bowdoin's strong showing against
them is a good sign. The Bears'
improvement upon last year's scores
against the two teams is also
promising.
Still, the two losses were
frustrating ones. The match against
Middlebury on Friday was
especially so because Bowdoin won
four of the six singles matches
played.
Co-captain Heidi Wallenfels '91,
Katie Gradek '91, Alison Vargas '93,
and Tracy Boulter '94 all won in
straight sets.
The team, however, did not win
even one of the three doubles
matches, so despite being
dominated in singles, Middlebury
left Brunswick with a slim 5-4
victory.
Saturday seemed to bring more
of the same.
Bowdoin showed well in singles
against the talented Colby team,
with Alison Burke '94, Katie Gradek
'91, and Tracy Boulter '94 all
triumphant.
The team dropped twoof thethree
doubles matches, though, and
Colby, like Middlebury, was able to
eke out a win.
If the weekend's two matches
were close, Tuesday's outing against
UNH was anything but that.
Bowdoin won all six of the singles
matches. Wallenfels, Burke, Gradek,
Vargas, Boulter, and Nicole
Gastonguay '92 all posted victories,
with only Burke and Gradek going
to three sets.
Coach Kermode had better luck
with the doubles teams after
rearranging the pairings, and the
teams of Wallenfels/Gradek and
Burke/Co-captain Kathryn Loebs
'91 both won.
The Polar Bears face M.I.T. at
homeon Friday afternoon and travel
to Babson on Saturday.
Co-captain Heidi Wallenfels ^1 picked up where she left off last year
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September 21, 1990 15
Field hockey gets its first win
Polar Bears overcome University of Maine at Farmington 2 -
BY ANDREA HENRICHON
Orient Contributor
Showing that they were not
d isheartened by their slow start last
weekend, the women's field hockey
team began to turn its luck around
with a 2-0 victory over the
University of Maine at Farmington
this past Tuesday.
The season began on Saturday,
September 15 with a home game
against Trinity.
Coach LaPoint utilized the first
half of the game to play as many of
the newcomers as possible,
resulting in what she referred to as
"mayhem".
However, things did improve in
the second half with a goal scored
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by Rebecca Smith '94 and assisted
by Nancy Beverage '91.
An outstanding display of talent
was shown by goalie Lynn Warner
'91 who made 27 saves, falling only
two short of the school record.
Trinity still managed to hold the
lead though, as the game ended with
a final score of 2-1.
Pushing Saturday's loss out of
their minds, the women
concentrated on improving for their
Sunday game against Amherst.
Unfortunately, a combination of one
of the strongest teams Amherst has
had in recent years and Bowdoin's
lack of intensity due to the second
day on the field, helped Amherst to
a 2-0 victory.
Following one day of rest, the
team packed up and headed off for
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a score of 2-0. The two goals, both
unassisted, were made by Sarah
Clodfelter and Nancy Beverage.
In response to the team's initial
losses, Coach Sally LaPointe says
that she believes this year will be a
building year. However, with the
help of many of the strong new
players, including first-year
students Rebecca Smith, Kris Rehm,
Robin Hunnewell, Jen Bogue, and
Jenny Ford '93 (brought up from
JV), and the encouraging display in
Tuesday's game, it is clear that this
team has the potential to succeed.
Their next game will be a home
game against Bates at 3:30 this
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A second look at safety
Advertising Manager Kim
Maxwell '91 had trouble sleeping
the night she lost her keys from the
Orient office. It bothered her to
think that someone might have the
key to her room.
When her keys still hadn't been
found or turned in to Security the
next day, she decided they must
have been stolen and called
Security (with whom she had
spoken twice the night before). She
asked them to change the lock on
her Tower room door.
The following day, the lock was
changed and she was issued a key,
but the key didn't fit the lock. When
she called Security at 5:30 p.m. that
day (Friday), she was told she
would have to wait until Monday
to get a new key, which meant
leaving her door unlocked over the
weekend.
The experience, she said,
heightened her awareness of the
safety and security problem on
campus. The fact that locks are not
changed year to year, and that there
is a computer list ten pages long of
students who have yet to return
keys issued to them by Security, is
astonishing.
Maine is not an idyllic, rape- free
zone and this college is not the safe
haven many like to believe.
Although it is difficult to protect
one's self from attacks that come
from strangers and from friends
and relatives, we as a community
must demand more — more from
ourselves and from those whose
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job it is to protect us.
The Physical Plant and Security
must establish a system of greater
accountability for missing keys. It is
amazing how many people on this
campus, studentsand staff alike, have
master keys to Coles Tower.
Even without a key, if a person can
get into one quad, he or she can access
all four through the bathrooms. Many
Tower residents tell stories of drunken
men and women entering their quads
through one of the two bathrooms.
Have you noticed the posters put
up by Safe Art? It is estimated that at
least two acquaintance rapes occur on
this campus every weekend. This is
not an arbitrary number pulled out of
thin air by someone trying to scare us,
but a figure confirmed by Jim Sabo,
Co-Chair of PRSG.
The campus and its members are in
a state of denial about the frequency
of sexual assault and rape on this
campus.
Since the administration doesn't
release statistics of incidents that
happen at Bowdoin, people push the
problem aside. Bowdoin is not an
exception to these numbers; sexual
assault happens here, too.
It happens when our doors are
locked and it happens when they're
unlocked, but we need to work as a
community to take all possible
precautions.
With our room and house doors
unlocked and our dormitory doors
propped open, we are leaving
ourselves open to the trap of naivete
and blind ignorance.
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By KAREN EDWARDS
This fall Bowdoin saw an increase
in its student population with the
class of 1 994. Like all the other classes
before this one they're supposedly all
intelligent people ready to take on
the adventure called college. They're
energized, scared and I must repeat
supposedly intelligent and aware,
because Bowdoin only accepts
intelligent and aware people. After a
meeting with a majority of first-year
diverse students last Saturday, the
meeting only reconfirmed my notion
that the college doesn't always accept
the "cream of the crop."
Colleges a lot of times accept people
who are experts at regurgitating
information,and thatseemsto qualify
as intelligence. If one can do that he or
she is a genius and colleges come
knocking at his or her door. Too often
common sense is overlooked and
that's what a lot of these so called
intelligent Bowdoin students lack,
simple common sense.
"Investigate for yourself." That's a
good motto to live by. Unfortunately
one Bowdoin student let the media
do her investigation for her. She
learned through the media that
Hispanic males are gang members
and killers. Nelson Rodriguez '94, a
tall, built, Hispanic male, was boldly
asked by this female who let the med ia
do her investigation for her, Are you
a gang member? Have you ever killed
anyone? No, this is not a joke. That
female asking that question was
indeed ignorant. There are educated
Hispanic men; she just never got to
see or hear of any because the media
investigated for her. Is it inconceivable
for a Hispanic male or any diverse
student to have brains and come to an
elitist school like Bowdoin? Did he fit
the description of a gang member
more so than a student? He didn't fit
the typical white male, with L.L. Bean
attire, therefore he must be a criminal .
My discussion with these students
was very enlightening. One first year
student couldn't have put it in better
words. He is appalled at Bowdoin.
During orientation week, scheduled
sessions to educate incoming students
about alcohol and the role it plays in
Bowdoin's social life were held . There
were sessions about counseling. But
there wasn't a workshop on racism
where probably it's most needed.
Bowdoin seems to be sending the
message that diversity is of little
importance on this campus. All
Bowdoin needsisacoupleof Hispanics
and African-Americans just to say
they're here.
Iris Rodriguez puts it in the best
possible words. "Bowdoin accepts
diverse students and then says sink or.
swim in this racist community."
Another first year African-American
student was very perturbed. He said,
"It's like Bowdoin wants everyone here
to assimilate to the typical Bowdoin
student. All we are asking for is respect .
Do not look down on us because we're
Hispanicsor African-Americans." The
first year diverse students here are
tired of the shocking ignorance, when
this is "supposedly" an institution of
higher learning where "supposedly"
intelligent people come. The message
Bowdoin is sendingout is that African-
Americans and Hispanics or any other
group that white, male, straight,
America refer to as "minorities" can't
possibly attend this school because
they've met the qualifications.
The first year students want to
modify the orientation schedule for
the class of 1995. They're telling
Bowdoin that it is imperative that a
workshop on racism and diversity be
conducted if Bowdoin is ever going to
alter the environment here. It's also
important for Bowdoin to realize that
not all African-Americans can play
basketball, listen to rap music, can sing
gospel, and not all Hispanics are gang
members and illiterate killers. There is
a name for all this. It's called
stereotyping, and a large number of
people believe in them.
Don't be fooled. Do your own
investigation and you'll find African-
Americans and Hispanics who are
lawyers, doctors, tennis players,
engineers, presidents of colleges,
deans, opera singers, golf players and
the list goes on. Those people didn't
have to give up their identity or
assimilate into white America, so don't
expect those that are here to assimilate
or fit the stereotypes. To the first year
students that I met with last Saturday
thank you, and don't forget who you
are.
The Bowdoin Orient
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OPINION
September 21, 1990 17
Souter gets the third degree
BY BILL HUTFILZ
NICHOLSON
Orient Senior Editors
and JOHN
This xveek's Topic: Supreme Court
Nominee David Souter
Rill: This topic is extraordinarily
difficult, because the aspect of the
issue which concerns me the most,
the infirmity of the selection process,
cannot be the aspect which we
concentrate upon, simply because
the process is already well
underway. As it turns out, the
dominant question must be the
following: Should David Souter be
confirmed as the new Supreme
Court justice? While John holds his
lip, I will say that I am deeply
concerned that he may not be an
acceptable candidate.
John: Well Bill, I share your
concern over the selection process,
but not over the candidate. I am
convinced that the full Senate
should approve Judge Souter's
nomination to the Supreme Court
because of his performance before
the Senate Judiciary Committee's
hearing this past week.
During this week's game of
twenty questions. Judge Souter has
shown his character as an ind ividual
and a jurist .David Souter is a judge's
judge. He is not preoccupied with
the nightly news, or the ideological
stance of this or that interest group.
Rather, he stands content within
the powers of the judicial branch,
allowing legislators to legislate the
laws and executives to execute the
laws. Moreover, moderate language
pervades much of his testimony,
particularly with reference to his
thought on racial discrimination.
Judge Souter's intelligence,
command of law, open-
mindedness, and judicial
commitment are beyond question. ,
He should be approved on his
merits as a judge not on his politics.
BilkThanks, John, for mentioning
that Judge Souter should not be
judged on his politics. I don't recall
claiming that he should be. As a
matter of fact, I believe you would
agree that Judge Souter is, by and
large, apolitical.
Anyway, back to the argument.
David Souter's legal prowess is
certainly difficult to contend. His
book knowledge, especially in the
judicial realm, seems to be
Go against
the grain.
Cut down on salt.
ifti
irrepressible. However, other kinds
of knowledge are required for the
adequate fulfillment of a lifetime
seat on the Supreme Court. I call
into question David Souter's
background.
The man lives in the house he
grew up in. He's barely left New
Hampshire, and even then some of
his time was spent only as far away
as Boston. I wonder whether this
restricted exposure to the U.S. will
allow him to judge on behalf of the
U.S. given the current state of the
U.S. This is not a dig at northern
New England but a concern that a
Supreme Court justice have an
applicable and empirical knowledge
of the vast spectrum which is the
United States, a knowledge which
can only arise through personal and
shared experiences.
John: It seems to me. Bill, that
instead of returning to the argument
you merely covered your
withdrawal. Since when has
residence in all fifty states been a
requirement for nomination to the
Supreme Court? Is Judge Souter
unable to pass reasoned decisions
on constitutional arguments
because he has lived in New
Hampshire for the better part of his
51 years? This is typical Hutfilz
hog-wash. The determining factor
in the nomination process should
not be the geo-legal history of the
candidate, but the ability to think
clearly on the constitutional issues
which will come before the court.
Bill: What hackneyed Nicholson
numbskullery! Since when is "geo-
legal" a word?
As a matter of fact, I think that's
the name of a new compact car.
Maybe David Souter will buy one
and learn more about geo-issues so
he can geo-deliberate on geo-cases.
Still, David Souter's ability to think
clearly on constitutional issues may
be hindered by his bookishness and
lack of broad experiences. The
Constitution must be a living
document in touch with today's
world. Souter's strict reading of
many laws in the past leads me to
believe that he will continue to do
this in the future.
While I have been encouraged by
a few of the moderate comments of
David Souter in front of the Judiciary
Panel, and while I abhor the infusion
of political elements into such a
crucial process, I wonder whether
one should look at the legal record
of a candidate before that
candidate's testimony in a political
arena. It seems that Souter's record
should be the primary resource, and
I would implore our senators to
likewise take this view.
John: Using mediocre humor as
a front for mediocre argumentation
never has, nor never will be good
policy. Just ask 'The Duke".
Has it occurred to you that
perhaps Judge Souter's detachment
may bring fresh insight into the
constitutional arena. Should judicial
decisions simply consist of rehashed
American culture, or the latest in
popular thought, spit out in stodgy
legal language? Yes the Constitution
must be a living document, but that
does not require Souter to livehither,
thither, and yon. Beyond this
foolishness, you appear to agree
with my statements point for point.
Indeed, I am hard pressed to find
any substantive reasons for your
anguish over Judge Souter's
acceptability as a Supreme Court
Justice.
Follow Dartmouth's lead
An open letter to President
Edwards:
You come to the Presidency of
Bowdoin College at a very
opportune time. Having been
away last year, I was delighted to
return to a campus with different,
morediverse faces. With your new
presidency, the tone of this
institution has changed. One
senses the euphoria and
momentum of change in the air.
At first I thought I was mistaken
about this, but your convocation
address confirmed in my mind that
you are truly a man of ideas and
imagination, not of rhetoric, and
that you have a direction and
vision for an institution so in need
of strong, visionary leadership.
The important question now is
how to materialize the far-reaching
vision of your convocation
address. The time to do this is
right now, for to wait would be to
lose the critical moment when
Bowdoin College is at an
institutional turning point, when
the vision of a new president could
change the nature and tone of this
institution. It is the moment for
bold action as the traditional
powers that be of this institution
would be taken off guard. At the
beginning of your term, you will
have a period of grace. That is the
time to act.
You arc lucky as there is a great
rumbling taking place in American
higher education, from which you,
in theory, could profit. The
president of Dartmouth College,
James Freed man, is conducting an
all-out campaign to change the
image of that college as an "all-
white, all-male bastion of old" as
Frecdman put it. Fortunately,
Bowdoin College docs not suffer
from this image to the extent that
Dartmouth College does. There is
no "Bowdoin Review." I am sure,
however, that there is much to be
done. Mr. Freedman is improving
Dartmouth College, and his tactics
are bold and innovative.
Dartmouth College is actively
recruiting promising people of
color for numerous positions on
the Dartmouth College faculty. Mr.
Freedman has intervened
personally in this effort, calling
various prospective faculty to
convince them to come to
Dartmouth College himself.
Moreover Dartmouth College is
actively recruiting in excellent,
progressive, urban public schools,
like ^Boston Latin High School,
Bronx High School of Science. This
is tremendous, and Dartmouth
College, if successful, will benefit
incalculably from this investment
in a student search in these high
schools. Mr. Edwards, Bowdoin
College could do the same.
In the a pplicant pool to Bowdoin
College the suburban, prep school
is a constant. It always has been,
and it always will be. Year after
year, they will faithfully apply in
droves. Bowdoin does not seek
them, they seek Bowdoin, they
seek Bowdoin. However, in the
interest of pluralism, it is necessary
to actively recruit this other
segment of the American
population. The past President of
Bowdoin College did very little, if
anything in this respect. What is
needed is a coordinated effort, a
sustained student search, the
inspiration for which should come
from you. No single group should
have a hegemony on this campus,
not in the student body, nor in the
faculty, nor in the administration.
Bowdoin's excellence in your
presidency and beyond into the
21st century will depend on the
extent to which it can prepare
students for an increasingly
pluralistic world.
Sincerely,
Joseph Hughes '91
Observer offers solution to the diversity problem
This past week, a considerable lackof minority faculty at Bowdoin.
amount of attention has been paid One response is that competent
to the fact that the Bowdoin College minority professors can't be found
faculty is not indicativeof American (in any significant number) and that
society asa whole, primarilybecause
minorities (including women) are
underrepresented.TheCoalitionfor
Concerned Students, a Bowdoin
student organization, i» demanding
that the college correct these
imbalances, and that President
Edwards issue a statement
addressing the problem by
November 2. Not surprisingly, there
has been extensive debate over the
manner in which the problem
should be corrected. The Coalition
has suggested two measures
the administration can't hire what
doesn't exist. Reason number two
states that quality minority
professors exist, but don't want to
come to Maine because of its
weather, isolation, or relative lack
of cultural and racial diversity. The
third reason given puts the blame
education. Upon graduation, each
student would become an instructor
at Bowdoin, which would forgive
the loan after the new minority
professor had spent several years
as a member of the faculty . On short,
the col lege would pay for a graduate
student's education if he or she
gain their masters and /or doctoral
degrees could remain at Bowdoin
after their obligatory years of
teaching had ended. Additionally,
this tangible commitment to
minority hiring would make
Bowdoin more attractive to
minorities in general, increasing the
agreed to teach at Bowdoin after number of potential students and
graduating.) The professors would faculty interested in joining our
be paid according to the same scale community,
as the rest of the faculty, and would Funding such a program
squarely on the administration, in no way be differentiated from shouldn't be a problem, especially
alleging that the only reason there
are so few minority professors on
thefacultyisthattheadministration
chooses not to hire them.
There is a way to attract minority
other faculty members. The if there is a genuine commitment to
program should run for manyyears, faculty diversification. Bowdoin has
adopted by other colleges that are professors to Bowdoin, however, if
attempting to correct the disparity the problem lies with demographics
on their own faculty rosters. Others
are at odd's with the group's
proposals, and are searching for
another way to create a morediverse
faculty at Bowdoin.
Three excuses are usually given
when people attempt to explain the
and not with the college
administration. The solution is for
Bowdoin College to create an
endowment for minority graduate
students, granting loans to a few
extremely promising scholars so
that they can complete their
with one or two new professors
being added to the faculty each year.
These graduates would be replaced
by a similar number of promising
students, who would begin the
program at various schools around
the country, thus establishing a
continual flow of future professors
through the program. In this
manner the faculty could diversify
at a consistent pace, since most of
those who joined the program to
an endowment of nearly 1 50 million
dollars; to run this program each
year, with several future professors
taking part, would cost less than
one tenth of one percent of the
college endowment. Surely such an
expenditure would be consistent
with the funding provided for other
improvements at Bowdoin, such as
the new science library.
(Continued on page 19)
18 September 21, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Fraternity crisis sparks heated debate
Campus wides: All there is to the fraternity system?
BY JOHN PETERS
Orient Contributor
Last night, a first year student on
my floor came up to me and asked
what was going on with the
fraternity system. He put it quite
bluntly when he asked, will there
ever be another campus wide. I was
rather surprised when this student
equated the entire fraternity system
at Bowdoin with a campus wide.
But after he left, I thought about the
introduction he has had to the
system here, and probably the
impression that many other
students and possibly the faculty,
staff, and administration have
received from fraternities.
To look at the impression that
fraternities leave on the community,
we have to examine how fraternities
interact with the rest of the campus,
i.e. when does the Bowdoin campus
see the fraternities.
Probably the most frequent
interaction Security has with the
houses is in the answering of noise
complaints. The administration
recognizes the houses when
students, brought to the hospital
for over-consumption of alcohol,
answer that they were served liquor
at a fraternity party. A large portion
of the student body visits fraternities
only on weekends when they have
parties. Another section of students
that choose not to attend parties at
all, hear only stories of the houses,
rarely experiencing them
personally. While these
impressions are a reflection of a
part of the fraternity system, the
images seen are often the worst the
system can present.
Perhaps thecommunity sees only
the negative sideof fraternities here.
Not many people notice that
fraternity members sit up all hours
of the night for a fund raising skate-
a-thon in the middle of the winter.
Rarely do you hear of someone
talking about how members go out
and shovel the paths of neighbors
in the morning after a heavy
snowfall. And almost never will
the community hear of the simple
talk over a cup of coffee I had with
two members of my house when I
went over this evening.
I think almost anyone could
discover flaws in the fraternity
system as it appears now. That
change is necessary is evident. But
what form will this change take and
who will decide it? Before these
questions are answered, it is first
crucial to recognize that fraternities
are in the process of bettering
themselves. The Inter-Fraternity
Council, composed of students
elected from all of the fraternities,
fights every week to improve the
fraternity system. Changes that the
college has suggested in the physical
structures are being fulfilled all of
the time. As best as they can,
fraternities are trying to improve
themselves from within. This fact,
no one can deny. Then how long
should we allow for the system to
correct itself?
It appears that to the
administration, tomorrow is not
Frats must govern themselves or get the boot
BY ANDY HALL
Orient Contributor
Allow me, if you will, to cut and
get straight to the point: if the
fraternities can't govern
themselves, give them the boot.
This is the position I've come to
after several years of observation
and thought. For most of my time
here at Bowdoin I have been an
ardent apologist of the fraternity
system — and not merely because,
as an independent, I stood to gain
(what, I don't know) by being
allowed to attend campus-wides.
Accepting that there were inevitable
abuses within the system I believed
that the fraternity system was
basically a good thing, founded on
more or less sound principles of
social bonding, of self-organization,
and self-government.
I no longer have faith in any of
these. Sure, the houses do bond
socially (how? by drinking as much
as, or more than, humanly possible),
they do organize themselves (but
for what if not to throw large
parties?) — by the way, if you smiled
to yourself just now, you know first
hand that this is in fact the truth of
the matter — and sure they govern
themselves (but by what "rule of
law" other than their own?).
There is an attitude prevalent
within many houses, and
widespread among the
independents, that laughs
contemptuously in the face, even
the idea, of an enforceable policy
intended to control fraternity
parties. All of the alcohol policies
arrived at in the last few years have
failed. The undenied failure of the
most recent unenforceable policy is
just another exampleof this attitude
doing its work. I have no reason to
believe that the new policy will be
any more enforceable than the last,
or that it will meet a different fate.
Guest-lists seem to be the "party-
control device" of vogue, but these
too are unenforceable. You don't
believe me, give them a chance and
watch how quickly they fall apart.
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list? the houses? Without the real
threat of a genuinely feared
punishment, there is no reason to
expect the houses to so govern
themselves.
The administration hasattempted
to arrive at self-governing alcohol
policies, to allow the houses their
autonomy and relative
independence, to give them the
benefit of the doubt. The rationale
behind the approach is undeniably
sound: students should be able to
govern themselves. The
administration should not have to
do what it can reasonably expect
the students to do themselves (and
what the students themselves have
said they would do). How many
times are we going to have to go
through the charade of watching
the Inter-Fraternity Council agree
to regulate its own behavior, turn
around, and essentially (if not
literally) flip the bird? How long is
this going to pass as legitimate
governance?
All of the recent alcohol policies
have been based on the principle of
self-government. Frankly, the
houses have proven themselves
unequal to the task, the longer we
deny this the more problems we
will have. It's time for the
administration to set up an alcohol
policy that they can and will enforce
If that's not possible, givethe houses
the boot.
soon enough. It is important,
however, to recognize that the
administration is not the only force
pushing change. TheASIFCisalso
pushing for changes in the
fundamental structure of the social
scene. But where do the student's
efforts come in?
I do not believe the fraternity
system as it stands is in its most
perfect form. Changes need to be
made to improve the social
functions of the houses. But with
this recognition of the need for
change, a need also arises for the
community to support these
changes. It is easy to look at the
negative side of fraternities. But
the weekend campus wides are not
the norm of the system.
A fraternity and its members are
part of the Bowdoin community all
throughout the week. Because they
are noticed on the weekends, often
at their worst, they are seen in a
darker light than they deserve.
Perhaps some toleration is
deserved to the houses trying to
change. Perhaps the need for a
radical change is coming, but
shouldn't the houses be given the
chance to change themselves, rather
than being told that all parties will
end until the system is perfect?
Perhaps patience and assistance is
needed to help the fraternities
change themselves, rather than a
strong force dictating the path that
these organizations must take.
Dormitories trashed
BY NICK JACOBS
Orient Contributor
When the Alumni-Student Inter-
Fraternity Council (ASIFC) banned
campus wide parties last week
shouts of outrage and indignation
were heard across thecampus. Were
these shouts justified? Yes. If the
ASIFC's purpose in placing a
moratorium on campus-wides was
to curb excessive drinking by
students on campus, they fell way
short. Instead they created two
nights of even wilder drinking and
partying than has gone on at the
frats.
My own dormitory is a good
example of the bad situation that
was created. After parties were
broken up in Moore and Maine,
everyone who found themselves
with nowhere to go, which was most
of the class of '94, converged on
Coleman. Well into the early hours
of the morning drunken souls who
didn't even live in Coleman were
pounding on the doors demanding
to be let in. For the most part, these
people were all loud, obnoxious,
and verbally abusive to the sleepy
doormen who let them in. Our
bathroom was trashed as well, and
the hallways and stairwells were
littered with trash and dozens of
empty beer cans.
Saturday night wasn't much
better. The cord on one floor phone
was taken, while the other phone
was simply ripped out of the wall.
The same drunken individuals were
back, louder than before. One of
those persons was also kind enough
to set off the fire alarm at three
o'clock in the morning. Similar
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as well. There was no decrease in
drinking as the ASIFC expected.
The fraternities should not be
considered saints in this scenario,
however. Some of the damage that
occurred in the dorms can justly be
attributed to them. The only thing
that they proved was that a handful
of them are little more than beer
guzzling bullies who will tear up a
dorm if they don't get their way. For
many students, frat parties do
provide a place to go Friday and
Saturday night. They provide a place
to meet people and a place to have a
little fun.
There was no decrease
in drinking as
the ASIFC expected.
The responsibility to make sure
that no one drinks too much does
not rest on the shoulders of the frats.
It rests on the shoulders of the
individual. Students should be
aware of their tolerance level and
try not to exceed it.
Furthermore, the frats can't be
expected to learn any responsibility
when someone else is making all
the rules and watching over them,
as the ASIFC has. The only way to
teach them responsibility is to let
them screw up a couple of times. In
my short time at Bowdoin I have
seen and heard nothing from the
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The Bowdoin Orient
September 21, 1990 19
Letters to the Editor
Zetes don f t deserve the stigma
To the Editor:
My name is Chad Bonney, and I
am a Zete at Bowdoin College.
Simply by stating this I run the risk
of being labeled a sexist, an elitist,
and a big headache for the college
administration. These are the
perceptions that I fear are
predominant on the Bowdoin
campus. These perceptions took
shape last semester, when the
majority of Zete males chose to
remain their status as Zetes. We
stood apart from the other men and
women who chose to disassociate
themselves from the national
organization rather than disobey
the college mandate forbidding
affiliation with "male-only" groups.
It is this mandate that I feel is
being conveniently overlooked in
the current uproar. We were
perfectly content with the status
Mistaken label
To the Editor:
A bright green poster appearing
on campus Thursday, September
20, stated that, "A forcible rape
occurs in the State of Maine every
46 hours." Although this statistic is
accurate, this figure only includes
quo: co-ed membership with us still
maintaining our ties to the national
ZetaPsi.
The administration decided that
they didn't want us to have those
ties, and so in effect forced us to
choose. We chose not to heed the
decree, and in doing so have gotten
ourselves into a lot of hot water. It,
however, is a battle that we feel is
worth the effort.
The divorce was unfortunate, and
nobody wanted it to happen. No
one, that is, except for the
administration. They emerged
victorious in that not only was Zeta
Psi force to factionalize, but that we
are the focus of these unfavorable
perceptions that we feel are
unwarranted. We just want to be
Zetes.
Sincerely,
Chad Bonney '92
Bull was off on Catholic doctrine
stranger rape, not date or
acquaintance rapes. Peer Relations
Support Croup apologizes for any
misunderstanding this may have
caused.
Sincerely,
Peer Relations Support Group.
To the Editor:
In his editorial, "Pacifism,
humility and the right to
choose"(September 7, 1990), Chris
Bull touches tangentially upon so
many philosophical, moral and
social issues of the first importance
that it would beimpossibleto reply
to him responsibly in less than an
extended essay. In the compass of
a brief letter, may I correct at least
his misrepresentation of the
teaching of the Catholic Church.
Mr. Bull, by announcing himself a
pacifist, claims to do the 'pro-life'
movement one better; but, clearly,
hedoes not perceive the principles
whereby Catholics (and so many
others) reject artificial
contraception, and procured
abortion.
Because of man's immortal soul
and supernatural destiny.
Christians cannot regard what St.
Paul termed "the body of this
death" — biological life, if you
will — as an ultimate good. Hence,
the understanding that "greater
love hath no man than that he lay
down his life for his friends."
Precious as is human life in this
world , its importance is outweighed
by such good s as justice, truth, faith,
and mercy! For things like these,
the martyrs risked, and often even
courted, violent death.
Catholics, therefore, reject
procured abortion, not
fundamentally for the sake of life,
but for the sake of justice. The
unborn child has received the gift
of life, and to deprive him of it
violently is gross injustice has
nothing to do with^tne arrogant
imposition of private^opinions.
Curiously, Mr. Bull suggests that
a really thoroughgoing Catholic
position on human sexuality would
be fecund promiscuity of staggering
frequency. Once again, however,
Catholics reject artificial
contraception not for the sakeof life
per se, but because it thwarts the
procreative purpose to which
conjugal relations are primarily
ordered. In this light, artificial
contraception is intrinsically selfish.
Here, too, the moral norm is
grounded in natural justice, not
biological proliferation. Catholics
acknowledge the value both of
procreation, and of sexual
continence "for the sake of the
kingdom of heaven."
Catholics can agree with Mr.
Bull when he suggests that the
fundamental issue is the scientific
question of when human life
begins. He needs the authority of
more than his own assertion to
demonstrate that the question is
unanswerable. The determination
may be subtler than in ages past,
but it need be no less certain.
I do not expect to persuade Mr.
Bull, or any other reader, by means
of a- brief letter, published in a
newspaper. Nevertheless, in an
academic community especially,
philosophical and moral positions
as clearly articulated and widely
known as those of the Catholic
Church ought at least to be stated
correctly.
Sincerely,
Herman F. Holbrook '81
Provide some alternatives
One solution
(Continued from page 17)
The idea of paying for graduate
school in exchange for years of
service is not unprecedented. This
summer national exposure was
given to a community in northern
Maine that attracted a physician to
their town with a very novel
approach. After years of attempting
to lure a doctor to the area by
conventional means, the local
citizens took a bold step, paying a
medical student's tuition, in return
for which the student became the
community physician. A similar
path could be installed at Bowdoin
to recruit minority professors, with
the same success.
It is with hope that I suggest this
endowment program to both the
Coalition for Concerned Students
and President Edwards. It will not
correct Bowdoin's imbalances
overnight, but it does suggest a long
term approach that will provide
more diversity.
It is not free, either, but the
funding necessary for such a
program is reasonable when
compared to some of Bowdoin's
other ventures. This approach is
necessary, however, if Bowdoin
College is to provide a liberal arts
education for the 1 990s and beyond .
To the Editor:
As members of the community
searching for alternatives to the
party-life on weekends, we found
last weekend to be a dreadful
example of the college's inability to
facilitate creative means of
educational and social diversity.
Only two buildings on the entire
campus were open: the library and
the Moulton Union. The foreign
language lab was closed, precluding
the option of watching culturally
rich and interesting films. Both
gymnasiums were closed,
disallowing entertaining forms of
recreation. The classrooms in
Adams Hall, Massachusetts Hall,
Hubbard Hall, and the VAC were
all locked, providing no alternative
to the noisy dormitories, where it is
impossible to study and often very
difficult to think. Even the computer
rooms, which can often facilitate
creative means of self-expression,
were closed.
Furthermore, the fact that there
were no lectures or debates, and
few organizational meetings, raises
questions as to the commitment of
the administration, the faculty and
the student body — in short, the
whole community — to the value of
a true liberal arts education. At a
time when the school is reassessing
its role as the supporter of cultural,
social and intellectual diversity, this
"closed-door" policy is a very
disquieting sign.
To help remedy this sad state of
affairs, we suggest that the facilities
at the language lab, the computer
rooms, and the Farley field house
be available to students on Friday
and Saturday nights. We believe
that the additional costs required to
keep these facilities operating is
more than compensated for by the
creation of a revitalized campus life,
made vibrant by the new
educational and recreational
opportunities. There are other ways
in which the school can cut the cost
of its operating budget without
having to sacrifice those values
upon which the school was built.
We also suggest that departments
put strong pressure on the
administration for more lectures,
seminars and symposiums on
weekends. And above all, we hope
that other students who are
sympathetic to these demands will
follow through on them by insisting
that the school hear our discontent.
Yes, this school can become a
bastion of cultural and intellectual
enlightenment — but only if it opens
its doors.
Sincerely,
Lance Hickey '91
Eileen Hunt '93
First Amendment
Depressing parallels: The media's favorite "bad guy"
BY KHURRAM DASTIGIR-
KHAN
Orient Staff
We, the media-swamped-yet-
ignorant public of the late twentieth
century, are unable to analyze an
event on its own pros and cons. We
need newspapers and of course,
our Chief Executive to do this job
for us. We have been failed by
both.
The most alarming aspect of the
media and government coverage
of theGulf Crisis is the way careless
commentators, including the
President, have drawn historical
parallels in an effort to make the
situation easy to understand for
the lay person. George Bush is on
record comparing Saddam
Hussein to Hitler. General Powell,
while talking to U.S. troops on a
visit to Saudi Arabia last week,
was on evening news telling
soldiers, *The world is
changing. ..America and the Soviet
Union are co-operating
now. ..Saddam Hussein isabad man.
Saddam Hussein is a bad man."
Such dangerous analogies,
especially when coming from such
supposedly responsible officials,
have contributed to the mass
hysteria surrounding the Gulf
situation.
The parallel that no one is drawing
is Panama. (Remember, anyone?).
No newspaper or magazine that this
writer is aware of has dared to
venture that there may be some
comparability in the invasion of
Kuwait by Iraq and invasions of
Panama and Grenada by the United
States, and most importantly, the
invasion of Lebanon by Israel in
1982. Perhaps by an editing mishap,
one such suggestion was let slip on
the evening news. Dan Rather, a la
CBS, was in Jordan interviewing
Jordanian citizens when one citizen
responded, "When the United States
invades Grenada in 1982, when the
United States invades Panama,
nobody steps in front of George
Wash_ or Ronald Reagan, all right.
and tell him. Tiey guy, what are
you doin' here?'" No one
compared Ronald Reagan or
Yitzhad Shamir to Hitler in 1982.
Why? Because Saddam Hussein
is, to again quote General Powell,
"a bad man."
"He Blew It," "He Was Their
Man," "And Now He Is Doing
Them Wrong." These three
phrases, used as headings by
Alexander Cockburn while
writing in The Nation of
September 10, 1990, very
accurately represent the history of
the interaction of the West with
Saddam Hussein. Just nine months
ago, the White House lifted a ban
on loans to Iraq. The United States,
with the rest of the industrialized
world, supported Iraq for eight
years because it was considered
the only bulwark against the
strident Iranian opposition of the
'Great Satan' and Europe.
Now, Saddam Hussein has been
made by the Western media into
the vilest of villains. His human
rights record is now an outrage;
before August 2, Saddam's
violations human rights receive only
about as much attention as the
violation of human rights by Israel
in the Occupied Territories. Time
magazine d id not display gas masks
on its cover when Saddam Hussein
unleashed chemical weapons on
dissident Kurds; the September 3,
1990 issue, not surprisingly, had a
gas mask on the cover with the
heading 'Are We Ready For This?'
Now that Iraq has brutally invaded
a Western crony and threatens an
even more staunch crony, Saudi
Arabia, its chemical weapons
capability is headline news,
providing a distorted and illogical
justification for the elimination of
the already miniscule peace
dividend which has been the talk of
Washington this year.
The West is howling with outrage
over an act of 'naked aggression.'
These days, newspapers and media
are putting unrelenting focus on a
single figure; the cruel, brutal and
inhuman Saddam Hussein. There
are no doubts about the tyrannical
nature of Saddam Hussein. But
history is littered with incidents of
'naked aggression' by the same
industrialized countries, now
strengthened by the comical
inclusion of the Soviet Union and
China in the 'grand coalition'
engineered by the United States.
As The Nation said about the U .S.,
"A nation whoseagents...murdered
millions in Indochina and
sponsored death by the thousands
in Latin America should use the
name Hitler with restraint and self-
knowledge." Saddam Hussein is
not Hitler and cannot be dealt the
same way. Evoking the horrors of
the past only feeds the war-
mongering frenzy instituted by
media over-exposure of the Gulf
crisis. The only solution is an
extension and tightening of the
economic embargo and a desire for
peace through diplomacy.
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NUMBER 4
Physical Plant clears section of Bowdoin pines
Students upset as two fields are plowed without full Environmental Impact Committee consultation
BY SHARON HAYES
Orient Editor in Chief
Cheryl Shultz '91 spends a lot of
time in the section of the Bowdoin
Pines behind the Federal Street
Development office. Close to her
house, she often runs, walks or — in
the winter — cross-country skis
among the pine trees. So when
walking into the area last Tuesday,
the last thing she expected to find
were bulldozer tracks and a freshly-
made sand road.
"When I wandered back there I
was sort of in shock," Shultz said.
The 50 by 150 foot area was
cleared by Physical Plant about two
weeks ago without consulting the
full Environmental Impact
Committee.
"Physical Plant is supposed to
tell the Environmental Impact
Committee before they do things
that disturb the environment," said
Guy Emery, professor of physics
and chair of the committee.
According to Emery,
Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds George Libby told him
Physical Plant wanted to use the
area to compost leaves and pine
needles and briefly described the
work.
In an interview last night Libby
said, 'Its been a bad situation since
the whole thing started."
He said when Farley Field house
was built and the fields added, the
college lost a primary area for leaf
composting. Since that time,
Physical plant bucks leave tracks behind as they clears fields. Photo by Chris Srnssel.
Physical Plant has been piling the
yearly 1 2-1 4 hundred cubic yards of
debris next to the observatory in the
woods behinds the field house.
However, the site is not ideal,
Libby said. There's nowhere to
compost, nowhere to mix anything,
nowhere to do anything but pile it
higher and higher." And now they
have run out of room to do even
that.
The Federal Street location has
been a possible site since it was
cleared of hardwood trees three
years ago, he said. Responding to
the advice of a forester, the college
cleared the area of hardwood, in an
attempt to preserve the pines.
Before the project was completed
Assistant Professor of Biology
Nathaniel Wheelwright, who was
using the area as a laboratory,
convinced the college to let natural
processes prevail and the clearing
was stopped.
As the space is already clear of
hardwood, when a groundscrew
became available two weeks ago,
Libby sent them to pull up
hardwood stumps and clear away
the ferns and blackberry bushes.
"We didn't think we were doing
anything wrong," said Libby,
adding "it turned into a very hot
issue very quickly."
Libby is waiting for further word
from the EI C, but yesterday he asked
for their help in finding a suitable
location.
David Barbour, director of
Physical Plant, said the Federal
Street location was about the only
available area to dump leaves.
Members of EIC support the
Physical , Plant's 'efforts at
composting.
"It shows a responsibility on their
part," said Emery.
The debate centers on the location
for that effort.
"It was my understanding that
the pines were off limits," said
Carter, adding that members of the
Bowdoin community have
conflicting views about the
preservation of the pines.
To solve that problem, the EIC
has created a subcommittee to
research the future of the pines.
(Continued on page 6)
Former Dean of College dies
Robert C Wahelm, college
counselor at the Hawken School
in Gates M ills, Ohio, and dean of
Bowdoin College from 1980-87,
died of a heart attack early Friday
morning, September 21.
A Gathering of Remembrance
was held at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday,
September 25, in the Bowdoin
Chapel comciding with service*
being held is Gate M His, Ohio.
Wilhelm, 57, was a resident of
Lyndhurst, Ohio. A graduate of
Pomona College, be earned hi$
Ph.D. in biochemistry at Cornell
University. Prior to his
appointmentat Bowdoin, Wilhem
served as dean of students at
Colgate University, and as a
professor of molecular
biochemistry and biophysics,
executive assistant to president,
and dean of Calhoun College at
Yale University.
Wiflielm was a member of the
National Association of College
i Adn^ssionsCounseiorS/StgmaXi.
During his Bowdoin, Colgate,
and Yale years, Wilhelm was
active in the American
Association for Advancement of
Science, the American
Association for Higher
Education, the American Society
of Microbiologists, and the
Association of American
Colleges.
Wilhelm is survived by his
wife, Leslie, a daughter, Kendra,
and a son, Seth, all of Lyndhurst,
Ohio; his mother, Emma, of
Pasadena, Calif.; and a brother,
Alan, of Chico, Calif.
In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Wilhelm
suggests that memorial gifts may
be sent to the Robert C Wilhelm
Isle Program Scholarship Fund,
c/oTed Adams, 38Colkge Street,
Bowdoin College, Brunswick,
Maine 04011 . The fund will be
used to support deserving
graduate students at the
■University of Peradeniya, Sri
Lanka.
Student admits setting Moore fires
BY MARK JEONG
Orient News Editor
In an of fical statement yesterday,
Associate Dean of Students Ana
Brown said the student who came
forth as responsible for last week's
fires in Moore Hall is no longer
enrolled at Bowdoin College.
The statement implied that the
student can come back to Bowdoin
once certain requirements are met.
The decision came out of an
internal disciplinary hearing.
The student is accepting full
responsibilty for the fire damage
which occured last Thursday
morning. Brown worked closely
with the student and the student's
family, but declined to identify the
student or the motive for the
incident.
Sergeant Barry Norris of the State
Fire Marshall's Office said This
was done by an individual who has
a problem and was crying out for
help." His office has not pressed
formal criminal charges, but he too
declined to reveal the student's
name because of the circumstances.
Norris' office also required the
student to attend counseling until
July 31, 1991.
"What we're trying to do is help
the individual. If this were a college
prank, the person would probably
be adjudicated," said Norris.
Brown said, "as a college we take
this type of behavior very seriously
and it is not an approriate one for
this community."
Luckily no one was injured as a
result of the fire or the evacuation,
but that does not diminish the
seriousness of the incident. Even a
small fire such as this one has the
potential to be a tremendous hazard,
especially at such an early hour.
The college is concerned with
future fire hazards, and it will take
a "serious view of fire safety
violations." Brown hopes this
"dangerous event" will help
students understand the college's
position on false fire alarms.
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Clubs upset - Page 2
Women's tennis wins - Page 10
September 28, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Clubs upset over unfair fund appropriations
BY JAMIE GILLETTE
Orient Contributor
Money is an essential factor of
Bowdoin's extracurricular
organizations. The college provides
funds to chartered organizations
through a student/faculty
*■ committee, the Student Activities
Funds Committee (SAFC). But a
question has arisen concerning the
fair distribution of these funds to
the campus organizations requiring
financial assistance.
All students enrolling at Bowdoin
College pay $135 as a part of their
total Bowdoin tuition, which
comprises a "student activity fee."
That money, along with funds left
unused from the previous year and
revenue from parking fines, makes
up a cash base of approximately
$200,000 per year, which is allotted
by the SAFC to the forty-odd
chartered extracurricular
organizations.
This year was the first in which
organizations were required to
submit their detailed' budget
proposals in the spring, allowing
funds to be available for use at the
outset of the school year. This is also
the second year in which funding
has been allocated for an entire year,
instead by semester. Proposed
budgets were reviewed by the nine-
member board (four faculty, four
students, and Director of Student
Activities, Bill Fruth). Once a
consensus was reached involving
the amount of money to be a warded
to each group, the overall budget
was sent for review by the executive
board, which must either approve
or veto the complete list of budgets.
Because students are involved in
the decision-making process, a
human factor is inherently built into
the entire allocation process.
Students have started to question
the propriety of the entire system
this year, specifically in reference to
allowances made to the College
Republicans, whose funding
increased this year to allow for an
honorarium to former Supreme
Court nominee Robert Bork, who is
scheduled to speak at the college
this spring.
Many students have expressed
concern that the reason for the
increase in the budget came from a
biased decision from the students
on the committee, several of whom
are members of the Republican
organization . Bill Fruth disagreed,
"I think people did their best to
make it an objective decision. They
definitely wrestled with the issue."
The SAFC originally proposed
allocating the club $7,900 up from
the '89-90 budget of $4884, but the
executive board vetoed this figure,
and after negotiation, the SAFC
came to the accepted figure of $5,300.
Many other organizations on
campus also received increases in
their overall budget, but the one
issue of the College Republicans
caused much disturbance because
as former president of the College
Republicans Jeff Zeman believes,
the group is one of the only
conservative organizations on
campus and is being attacked
because of that conservative nature.
"We need the money to sponsor the
types of speakers we want... we have
trouble finding other organizations
to help co-sponsor such an event."
The group is currently looking for
co-sponsorship which would help
to raise the additional money
necessary to have Bork come to
speak.
While Zeman and the
Republicans believe they have been
denied funding due to their political
nature, other groups feel that the
bias of the SAFC, if one exists at all,
actually leans toward conservatism,
not liberalism. WBOR Station
Manager Barry Courtois feels the
money the station was denied,
almost $4,000 of the proposed
Outing Club builds home away from home
BY DOUGLAS BEAL AND
ALLISON FREEMAN
Orient ftaf t
Where were you on the night of
Friday the 21st? "Out of Africa"?
Happy Birthday Wanda June (the two-
act play)? Or were you simply
feeling free at one of the many
fraternity parties Bowdoin
presently does not offer? Was it
truly an out of body experience?
Onethat left you wondering if there
might be more to life? Pondering
your existence?
There is.
So you ask, "What's it like to
wade through bottomless puddles
on a dirt road to nowhere (except
the Bowdoin Outing Club Cabin,
about two-and-a-half hours north
as the BOC van drives, near
Moosehead Lake) in a BOC van.
dreading each bump while
visualizing you relieving yourself
at the cabin, mere miles ahead?"
"How long," you question, "will
a banana peel burn in an open fire,
under a clear Maine sky, and why
did the banana itself taste so much
better out here? Is it the milky way?
Is this why George Bush comes to
Maine every summer, and why
license plates say vacation land?
After three years of cheap talk,
and even moreof wild thinking, the
Outing Club (incidentally the
largest student group on campus)
is now four-fifths of the way to
completing the BOC Cabin.
I'm here now, along with my co-
writer Allison, sleeping under the
stars, taking in the milky way,
thinking of the insulation we will
stuff tomorrow. I itch at the thought.
All this and we are less than a half
Studying abroad denied
BY JAMESON TAYLOR
Orient Contributor
Studying abroad is an aspect of
Bowdoin that many students
anticipate. For a number of
undergraduates planning to study
away during the 1991 spring
semester, this opportunity has been
denied.
In lieu of rising operating costs,
the college has deemed it necessary
to maintain a regulated number of
students enrolled at Bowdoin
during a given semester. While
relatively few students were refused
participation in study-away
programs scheduled for the fall,
approximately fifteen students have
been deemed ineligible to study
away for the spring semester.
This differentiation stems mainly
from higher enrollment patterns
that occur in the fall as a result of
transfer students, fifth year seniors
who need one more semester, and a
decreased demand of students
desiring to go away during the fall.
Many students not allowed to go
away weredisappointed. However,
according to Bill Ca la ha n '92, college
officials added to his frustrations
by their vague reasons concerning
his rejection, and also by the long
delay to get the final word.
According to registrar Sarah Jane
Bernard, there is a definite need on
the part of the college to better
manage enrollment patterns to
insure all students the opportunity
to study abroad. Possible solutions
to prevent declining enrollment in
the spring could be to require fifth
year seniors to matriculate during
the Spring term.
Future efforts by the college,
however, provide little consolation
for those students denied a chance
for off-campus study. Concluded
Sarah Bernard, "Sometimes we have
to sacrifice..." Whether or not this
sacrifice will be borne by the
students, the college, or both,
remains unclear.
mile from the Appalachian Trail,
that yellow brick road of granolas
and hiking mavens everywhere.
Incidentally, just because we are
sleeping outside does not mean the
cabin isn't habitable.
Yes, so an adventurous soul can
follow the AT. all the way to
Katahdin from here, (or head south
to Georgia.) After doing that, you
return to a not quite finished cabin.
It does lack doors, a stove, a loft, but
the roof, walls, and window
insulation compensate most
adequately. And there is an
outhouse.
The cabin was built almost
entirely by Bowdoin students this
summer, and will be completely
finished by next fall. The sauna is
like the student center, al ways talked
of but nowhere in sight.
Please, no hoo-hahs allowed
DRM RESPONSIBLY, BOWDOIN;
WERE ALLTOO YOUNG TO DIE.
$12,000 budget, was due to an
interview with the committee at
which he was allowed to present
his proposal and talkabout thegoals
and activities planned for the
coming year. 'The questions were
why WBOR does certain
things...[they seemed to be morel
weighted down with conservative
things, which we certainly are not."
He feels individual clubs should be
allowed some sort of justification of
why cuts were made and whether
they had to do with individual items
included in the budget, as opposed
to being a result of insufficient funds
to fulfill each club's requested
budget.
According to Fruth, several
factors determine the percentage of
its proposed budget each club
actually receives. The executive
board approved several new clubs
this year, all of which required some
portion of the total monies available
to the college community. The
activities fee was raised five dollars
last year, but the increase only
allowed a certain flexibility with
funds, which was insufficient to
fulfill the needsof all organizations.
Another problem encountered by
the committee was how to account
for inflation of expected expenses
worked into organization's budgets:
"some groups come in wanting
astronomical amounts of money
becausethey knowtheirbudget will
be cut later," commented Jeff Lewis,
co-chair of the SAFC. Bill Fruth
states," What we try to get at is what
it really takes to make the
organization run." The committee
also looks at the past spending
record of the club and how it has
been meeting its proposed goals in
order to determine the amount
received by that club.
Any organization which feels it
has been unfairly treated is able to
take its case before the appeals
board . While the process is relatively
simple, Fruth comments that, "I've
never seen [the appeals boardjused
by an individual organization." As
far as Jeff Zeman and the College
Republicans are concerned,
however, that is not a promising
alternative. "If I honestly thought it
was worth the time, and that we
could get some of the money, I'd
consider it, but it's probably not,"
Zeman states.
Whatever the individual issue
maybe, the organizationsdoreceive
amounts of money from SAFC
which would be unavailable from
other sources, and, as Jeff Lewis
believes, "I think our clubs are very
fortunate to get what they get."
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September 28, 1990
The administration answers DOE Guidelines
Dean Jervis says the college will not adopt drastic measures to meet DOE standards on alcohol abuse
BY BRENDAN RIELLY
Orient Staff
Bowdoin will not police college
and fraternity housing in order to
comply with the Department of
Education's drug-free schools and
campuses regulations, said Dean of
the College Jane Jervis in an
interview Tuesday.
Instead, it will concentrate on
education, issuing a pamphlet
detailing the college's current
alcohol policy, and the health effects
of drug use, among other issues.
The administration was informed
in August on the Department of
Education's new regulations
concerning the use of alcohol,
among other drugs, in high schools
and colleges. If Bowdoin does not
comply with these regulations, it
could lose all federal funding,
specifically financial aid.
By the Oct. 4, 1990 deadline,
Bowdoin would comply with the
regulation by "telling everybody the
(state and federal) law, our rules
about drug and alcohol use, the
medical effects of drug use, and the
consequences of failure to comply,"
said Jervis. All items except the
medical effects are already
published in the Student Handbook.
While acknowledging that the
pamphlet, to be printed sometime
after the deadline, is repetitive and
that oftentimes "education does not
change behavior," Jervis said the
pamphlet's publication would allow
the college to implement the new
regulations without becoming a
prison.
The administration has resisted
the Department's mandated use of
"sanctions up to, and including
expulsion or termination of
employment and referral for
prosecution" for any student or
employee having, using or
distributing drugs and alcohol in
violation of campus, stateor national
law. Instead, Bowdoin will rely on
education and counseling.
Though the DOE is "pushing us
to take a more aggressive and more
prohibitory stance against student
use of alcohol," the elimination of
illegal underage drinking would be
"impossible," said Jervis. She added
that about three-quarters of all
Bowdoin students are younger than
Maine's legal drinking age.
Bowdoin does already require all
students to "comply with all
provisions of Maine state and local
laws" regarding alcohol, but has
not enforced those requirements
effectively, admitted Jervis.
"I can't make you not drink, no
matter what I do, unless I lock you
up," stated Jervis. However, the
college is "going to be more
intentional and more methodical
with what we're doing."
Jervis explained that this
methodical approach means an
increase in campus sponsored
parties and other activities and
greater administrative supervision
over student organizations such as
the Alcohol Peer Advisors and the
non-alcoholic CoffeeGrounds Cafe.
Promised Jervis: "We're going to
start keeping track of these
(organizations)."
Any reduction in alcohol and
drug abuse on campus would
require the students' cooperation,
said Jervis. To that end, the campus
alcohol policy has been "very
carefully crafted to try to make the
individual's behavior into that
individual's responsibility."
In an interview Tuesday night,
Inter-Fraternity Council President
Doug Kreps '91, a member of
Alpha Kappa Sigma, partially
echoed Jervis, saying responsibility
must be placed "on the individual
for their actions rather than the
fraternity."
Students speak their mind
Students voice opinions on Department of Education
BY REBEKAH SMITH
Orient Contributor
As the Department of Education's
new regulations regarding the
requirement of chemical free
campuses became clearer and more
widely known, Bowdoin students
are voicing unalarmed opinions.
It would be a prison," if the rules
were enforced, complained Phil
Jurgeleit '92. 1 think it would be too
hard to enforce. I don't think having
policemen patrol campus would
control the drinking," he continued.
"Rick Ginsberg '93 felt that the
regulations were merely "a rubber
stamp law, which is meant to
appease bureaucrats and make
governments look good." Ginsberg
said the new law "is like the
prohibition law; it cannot be
enforced."
Although the effects of these new
regulations are still dubious, the
repercussions could be tremendous .
If the laws are actually enforced,
these regulations could lead to a
huge crackdown on alcohol and
drug use on campuses all over the
country. Most students, however,
appear to be unshaken about the
effects it could have on Bowdoin.
"The government can try to impose
these regulations on us, but in reality
there's no practical way they can
enforce them," claimed Heather St.
Peter '93.
Al Parks '91 explained, "I'm very
glad I'm graduating. The rule is
basically unenforceable, but it
depends on the administration
mostly."
The consensus seemed to be that
these rules were somewhat
overzealous and would bring little
change. "It's a state right to make
their own drinking age. The fact is
that the federal government is
completely out of their jurisdiction
here," said Matt DAttilio'93. Many
felt that "we should be old and
mature enough to take care of
ourselves," without the help of the
federal government, asserted
Deirdre Griffin '93.
Regardless of these student
concerns, these regulations may
bring change to the Bowdoin
campus i f they are actually enforced .
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Kreps said the DOE'sregula cms
were "so new that (the IFC) really
doesn't know how to deal with it.
We don't know what to expect "
Any effect on fraternity alcohol
policy by these regulations wouid
"depend on how the federal
government plays it," explained
Kreps. "If they try to make ^
example of one school, the ies
could be a lot more stringent.'
"The institution is in a very
difficult position," said Jervis.
Despite not wanting to become "a
police institution," the college mu -
attempt to control alcohol abus t
because it "is responsible for sexua>
harassment, date rape...and raci-
activities."
The college will, howevei
continue to rely uponeducationan
counseling, rather than prosecutioi
to reduce alcohol and other druj
abuse.
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A
Vassar College
A smoldering cigarette caused a
small couch fire in one of the
dorms. Although no serious
damage was done by the fire, two
college firemen and a security
guard were treated for smoke
inhalation. The sprinkler was not
activated by the fire which caused
college administration officials to
look into reorganizing fire
procedures.
Williams College
Local Williamstown police have
begun to crack down on "student
rowdiness", the New York Times
reported. More than twenty
students have been arrested
mainly for violations of town laws
prohibiting public drinking. The
surge of arrests is a direct result of
the town's Board of Selectmen,
which over the summer decided
to take measures to prevent rowdy
partying that perennially annoys
town residents. Students arrested
have complained of ill-treatment
by arresting officers.
Wesleyan University
A new policy has been drafted
to put pressure on the four all-
male fraternities at Wesleyan, Chi
Psi, Psi Upsilon, Beta Theta Pi,
and Delta Kappa Epsilon to accept
women as members. Fraternity
members are upset over the
measure because it seems to be a
way for the university to solve its
problems of "lack of college
housing, dining options, and
social centers." Fraternities believe
they are being used as an easy-
way-out solution. The university
claims that despite the measure, it
still wishes to maintain the
fraternity system and is not
moving to complete abolition.
Bates College
The Bates Administration has
made several alterations to its
alcohol policy in response to the
Drug-Free Schools and
Communities Act Amendments
that have recently been passed by
the Department of Education. The
changes that have been madedeal
with heightening student
awareness of the consequences of
underage drinking as well as of
the penalties inflicted for such
transgressions. Certain new rules
regarding party organization have
also been implemented, dealing
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The Bowdoin Orient
Edwards meets with coalition
Students believe Bowdoin must 'set an example soon
BY JOE SAWYER
Orient Contributor
On Wednesday night, a group of
about seventy concerned students
met with President Robert Edwards
to discuss issues of institutional
racism, sexism, and ethnic
discrimination.
Edwards made his position clear
immediately. "Matters of race,
personal freedom, and dignity are
at the heart of what I think an
educational institution is about," he
stated.
The debate that ensued centered
mainly on hiring more minority
faculty members, and their role in
easing campus tension. Students
agreed that the Greason
administration failed to address
such issues.
The members of the coalition
agreed that there is a lot of anger
and frustration, and they said
Greason's commitment towards
these issues was severely lacking.
Edwards, who admitted he was
still trying to get a feel for the
atmosphere at Bowdoin,
acknowledged the problem and
agreed to put his weight behind the
movement. But he also warned
students of Bowdoin's financial
woes, and the problems they would
cause in effecting change. "You
cannot create new positions where
there are none," he told the group.
Another issue raised at the
gathering was that of indifference.
Several students expressed
frustration at what they felt was an
intimidating atmosphere for
minorities. Equally upsetting to
them was what they believed was
widespread apathy on the part of
the student body.
"Campus wide, I don't see these
problems being acknowledged,
people choose to ignore them," said
Ricardo Pino '94. Pino feels that this
apathy is a form of intimidation.
Pino said the coalition "wants proof
that the administration is behind
us."
Edwards offered his support and
agreed with the group. He said,
"stopping aggressively negative
action is easier than stopping
indifference."
Several students backed a
proposal that in addition to
increasing the number of minority
faculty members, they would
expand the non-Eurocentric studies
department, and also require
community work.
"Bowdoin owes it to its students
not to send them out as ignorant as
they came in, Bowdoin has to set an
example soon. It's not simple, but
it's necessary," said Iris Rodriguez
'94.
Edwards once again cited
financial problems as limitations on
his ability to initiate new, non-
Eurocentric courses. While he
sympathized with the suggestions,
he remarked, "I won't make
promises I can't keep." He said,
however, he would consider a
change in the itinerary of future
first year student orientation
seminars and summer reading
selections.
While the atmosphere was
generally open and friendly, no
specifics were established. The
meeting served as a chance for
Edwards and the Coalition of
Diversity to size one another.
"It is a promising start," affirmed
Professor Randy Stakeman. "He
understands the issues and theneed
to give some of them a higher
priority. He appreciates the role
presidential leadership can play in
the process and is realistic about his
limits."
Princeton Day School wins Abraxas Award
Princeton Day School in
Princeton, N.J., has won the annual
Abraxas Award given by Bowdoin
College, Director of Admissions
William R. Mason announced.
The award, established by the
Abraxas Society in 1915, is an
engraved pewter plate presented
each year to the secondary school
whose graduates maintain the
highest academic standing of any
high school group in theclass during
their freshman year at Bowdoin. To
be eligible for the award, a school
must have at least two of its
graduates enrolled in Bowdoin's
freshman class.
The winning graduates are
Samuel J. Brush '93 of Little York,
N.J., and Alicia M. Collins of (396
Green Lane) Trenton, N.J. Both are
dean's list students. While a student
at Princeton Day School, Brush was
a class liaison headmaster, a member
of the school's drama program, and
a member of the rescue squad.
Collins was a Garden State
Scholar and a tour guide while at
Princeton Day School. Shecaptained
and was the most valuable player
on the soccer team, and also
participated in lacrosse.
The award will be presented to
Duncan Ailing, headmaster of
Princeton Day School, by Mitchell
A. Price, admissions counselor.
Founded in 1794, Bowdoin is a
coeducational, liberal arts college
located in Brunswick, Maine. While
adhering to the mission of its
founders to provide the finest
undergraduate education to
students of Maine, the College has
grown to become a highly selective
institution with 1,350 students
drawn from across the nation and
several foreign countries. With a
teaching faculty of 125 (full-time
equivalent), Bowdoin offers
Bachelor of Arts degrees in 35
departmental and interdisciplinary
majors.
The College has an endowment
of approximately $145 million and
has recently completed a successful
$56 million capital campaign.
Barron's Pro files of American Colleges
consistently rates Bowdoin's
admissions program as one of the
"most competitive" in the country.
Rape stats discussed
BY DANA M. STANLEY
Orient Staff
Incidence of rape and sexual
harassment at Bowdoin happen
more often than people think.
Bowdoin College does not publish
these statistics, however.
Kristen Wright "91 said that
publishing the numbers is a
necessary avenue for "raising
consciousness" among members of
the community abou* "what
happens on this campus every
weekend."
But Acting Director of the
Co^nselmgServl<»Rob^VuaS6aid
that "any statistic would beadrastfc
underestimation "of the actual
incidence of such occurrences on
this campus." If an accurate statistic
could be produced, he said, "it
would be a real eye-opener for
people." Vilas said taking Statistics
which show fewer incidences can
"be misinterpreted,," and represent
a false feeling of security. Vilas said
that rape and sexual harassment are
"very hard to document." He said
that only a 6tnaU percentage of
victims seek counseling. Of those,
many have initially come because
of other problems.
Wrigh t said that many women do
not seek help because they are
ashamed of what has happened to
them. Because of societal and
cultural values, they may blame
themselves rather than the
perpetrator of the crime. "And
there's a justified fear that they will
be blamed by people who
inaccurately assess what rape and
sexual harassment are.
Vilas indicated that some of the
under-reporting is due to the
extreme sensitivity of the issue.
He expressed concern that
statistics on sexual abuse might
unwittingly discourage people
from seeking help. He stressed
that students can be sure of
absolute confidentiality at the
CounseiingService. "But wedon't
want to put out messages that
might scare peoptea way," he said .
Wright expressed dismay that
many in the administration know
about the high level of abuse yet
do not put forth a stronger effort
to make the numbers public. She
said that other colleges have
devised methods to tabulate more
accurate statistics.
She added that the
administration doesn't want to
emphasize theextensivenessof the
problem because it does not want
to ruin the college's "pristine"
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to be known as a "rape campus."
Dean of the College Jane Jervis
expressed frustration at the
problem of informing students
about sexual harassment and
assault. She said that statistics
would be too misleading. Shecited
a pamphlet distributed to first year
students which explains the
problem and the college policy.
But Jervis said that "people
don't like to change. Everything
in our culture reinforces that kind
of behavior. We're trying to
change a culture in our own small
way."
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September 28. 1990
World in Brief
Gorbachev Receives Emergency
Powers
The Supreme Soviet Parliament
granted President Mikhail
Gorbachev emergency economic
powers on Monday, Sept. 24, in an
attempt to facilitate his call for a
move to a free market. In an angry
and tense speech, Mr. Gorbachev
demanded these laws be given to
him for 18 months.These powers
would give Mr. Gorbachev
authority to call for policies on
wages, prices and budget finances.
Jury Selection Begins in
Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial
Jury selection began this week
in the Mapplethorpe obscenity
trial inCincinnati.Thetrial centers
around 7 of 1 75 photographs that
appeared in an exhibit by the late
Robert Mapplethorpe last Spring
in Cincinnati. The photographs in
question showed adult men in
erotic poses with children with
their genitals exposed.
South African President Visits
U.S
President F. W. de Klerk arrived
in Washington D.C. to amid
unbridled praise from President
Bush on Mr. de Klerks efforts to
rid South Africa of the present
Apartheid system. President Bush
promised de Klerk that if theSouth
African Government continues to
abide by the conditions in the
Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid
Act 1986, that he would work to
suspend sanctions.
U.N. Security Council Adds Air
Embargo to Iraq Sanctions
The United Nations Security
Council voted 14-1 to impose an
air embargo on Iraq, adding to the
sanctions imposed more than a
month ago. The measure, opposed
only by Cuba, was voted on after
an aggressive speech by Soviet
Foreign Minister Eduard A.
Shevardnadze criticizing the
credibility of the U.N.
N.Y.C Chancellor To EHstribute
Condoms in Schools
N.Y.C. schools chancellor
Joseph Fernandez is planning to
distribute condoms in New York
City Schools in order to combat
the spread of AIDS and teen-age
pregnancy. This proposal was
praised by Mayor David Dinkins
and will be implemented in the
near future.
Iraqi Threat Causes Crude Prices
To Soar
Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein's threat of war early this
week sent oil prices soaring in one
of the biggest single-day and
weekly increases in years. Crude
expected to be delivered in
November rose $2.82 a barrell, to
S38.25.
Healey speaks on human rights
BY KEN LEGINS
Orient Contributor
The power of the individual
united with others towards a
common cause is essential to the
struggle for human rights. This is
the foundation of Amnesty
International (AI) USA said Jack
Healey during his Wed nesday night
speech at Bowdoin College.
Healey began by telling the
audience his experiences that led up
to his involvement with Amnesty
International. He spoke of initially
being involved in the Anti-Hunger
movement and then becoming
involved in the Peace Corps as a
director. From the Peace Corps,
Healey was asked to speak to an AI
representative about the problems
in South Africa and his AI career
began there.
"Dependence on humans is what
human rights is all about," said
Healey on human rights. "It is an
intrinsic need for the people's
movement," he emphasized. He
referred to the power of humanity
many times and his implicit desire
for it to be expressed through the
human rights movement which for
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to free prisoners of conscience,
ensure fair trials for all political
prisoners, and to abolish torture and
the death penalty worldwide.
Healey justified the
responsibilities of Americans to
humanity. 'The time of being just
an American is over," he said,
adding the U.S. is intrinsically tied
to the governments of the world
and their brutality. "As
governments get brutal, you want
to be part of that World, and you
must understand that brutality."
Healey cited many cases of
brutality throughout the world
including the U.S.. He spoke of the
tortures imposed by dictators on
the peoples of Chile, Argentina,
Guatemala, and other countries. He
also referred to the oppression of
minorities in the U.S. and the
ethnocide of the American Indian.
"We are the refugees in this
country," he stated, "not the
American Indians."
He also talked of the Guatemalan
refugees that seek refuge in the U.S.
and how the U.S. government sends
them back where 72,000 have
already been killed by the
Guatemalan government.
Capital punishment was also
other issue that Healey addressed.
"Those that would allow
governments to kill will allow them
to do anything they w*nt f o do,"
Healey said. Iraq, Iran, and the U.S.
and just recently the Soviet Union
are four of five countries which
allow capital punishment. "When
people talk about protecting people
they need to throw out the death
penalty," he stated.
Healey emphasized the power of
the individual's letter addressing
the human rights violators. He
repeatedly asked his listeners to get
involved in their letter campaigns.
He talked of the positive effects it
has had in South Africa and other
countries in which political
prisoners are being held.
Throughout his speech, he'
constantly asked the students in the
audience to get involved with
human rights, and to stand behinu
human rights supporters. He told
his listeners, "Hunt for justice, if not
through Amnesty International, in
your own way. Come into the world
to do something, don't just be part
of the cattle."
Many people woke up groggy-eyed and disoriented to the their alarm
clocks blinking on Sunday morning. The campus was without electricity
for four hours between 2:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m.
The power outage that turned off all the electricity on campus was not
confined to Bowdoin. Due to a malfunction at the Central Maine Power
Transformer, most of Brunswick was "blacked out."
Other than a few annoyed over-sleepers, the outage did not cause too
much disruption. When asked how often we can expect these "blackouts,"
Director of Security Michael Pander said that this is very unpredictable
and can happen anytime. He added that fortunately, the power outage
Saturday night "did not cause any major problems."
A note on bikes
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Ticket sales at Frats banned
BY JOHN VALENTINE
Orient Staff
The latest Alumni-Student
Inter-Fraternity Council (AS-IPC)
meeting ended with the decision
that Bowdoin's fraternities will
no longer be able to charge or
solicit money for parties where
alcohol is served.
Along with the no charge
decision, the maximum number
of invited guests alio wedtoattend
a party was set at two hundred.
Houses with a maximum
occupancy level of less than two
hundred would have to adjust
the size of their parties so that
they would not exceed safety
regulations.
The main point of contention
between alumni, the
administration,and students was
thesaleof tickets for parties where
alcohol is served. According to
Doug Kreps, President of the IPC,
alumni were concerned about the
legal risk fraternities expose
themselves by charging underage
drinkers for parties. It is illegal in
Maine for those under twenty-one
to contribute to the purchase of
alcohoL "The alumni are very
happy* with the fraternities new
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.Vice President of the !FC. Landau
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to "run parties responsibly* to avoid
possible mishaps due to alcohol
consumption. Landau also thinks
the revised policy will "get
fraternities more active in doing
more productive things.''
How fraternities will raise money
for parties with alcohol is still in
question . It is "up to the individual
fraternity on how they choose to
raise money," said Kreps, but ticket
sales and donations by those under
twenty-one are disallowed. The
decision to use fraternity funds for
the purchase of alcohol would also
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Fraternities, feels positively about
the new alcohol polky, "It's a
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exposure to (legal j liability*
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policy is to foster responsible
drinking habits in students and
not Just to ensure that IFC
regulations are followed.
While he thinks that there may
be an increase in the number of
students who drop fraternities
because of the more restrictive
policy, Stuart feels thatthis could
be a good thing. "My hope is that
they'll join fraternities, for other
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well. "Its a broad ranging issue,"
Laine said.
Most members of the committee
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committee until this point, but are
concerned about continuing that
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creation.
The EIC grew out of last year's
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September 28, 1990 7
The Bowdoin Orient
ARTS 81 ENTERTAINMENT
New York performance artist teaches at Bowdoin
BY KIMBERLY ECKHART
Orient Arts Editor
Energetic, witty, and serious — these
were my initial impressions of Dan
Hurlin when I got together with him
for an interview on Tuesday. For those
of you who have not seen the signs up
all over campus, Dan Hurlin is a New
York performance artist, who will be
performing his solo adaptation of
Nathaniel West's 1933 novel A Cool
Million on September 28 and 29 at 8
p.m. in Pickard Theater. However,
Hurlin is not just a performer; he is
also a teacher. Consequently, we
thought it would be interesting to take
a closer look at this current member of
the Bowdoin faculty.
Orient: Why did you come to
Bowdoin?
Hurlin: Well, basically because
June Vail, Assistant Professor of
Dance, asked me. The Bowdoin
Department of Dance /Theater Arts
received a Mellon grant that
enabled them to hire a guest teacher
for the year. Although I couldn't
commit for the entire year, they
said that they'd take me just for the
semester. I maintain a house in both
New York City and New
Hampshire, and I usually spend
the summer in New Hampshire
teaching and the winter in New
York City performing, but since 1
didn't have anything specifically
planned for the fall, I thought, why
not?
Orient While at Bowdoin, what
classes are you teaching?
Hurlin: I'm teaching 2 classes — a
choreography class and a history of
performance art class.
Orient: So far how do you find
Bowdoin's Department of Dance/
Theater Arts?
Hurlin: Shamefully neglected and
too small.lt is irresponsible of the
College to devote so little to the
Arts.
Orient: In the past you've worked
with children of various ages, so
how do you like working with
college-age people?
Hurlin: I really enjoy working
with college-age people. Probably
for three reasons. One, they're more
challenging because they are a lot
slower. As one gets older, it is natural
that one's absorption rate for
knowledge decreases. Simply,
because one does not need to
respond to and process information
as rapidly. Second, college students
are more complex. They offer you a
lot to work off of. They have more
ideas and concepts to share. Third,
with college students, you can swear
in class.
Orient Do you consider yourself
a demanding teacher?
Hurlin: Yes and no. I want a lot
from my students, but on the other
hand I'm not going to make them
do anything. At Sarah Lawrence, I
was educated under a system that
stressed individual responsibility,
and I think I've inherited that
attitude. How you perform is your
responsibility, and if you don't want
to do any work, I'm not going to
make you.
Orient Which do you like better
teaching or performing?
Hurlin: That's difficult to answer.
I find both rewarding but obviously
in different ways. Teaching is more
fun, I don't get uptight and nervous
when preparing for a class as I do
before a performance. Before a
perfomance, I am a mess for days.
Then why do I keep performing?
For a few reasons. 1 don't feel 1 can
be as effective in class if I'm not
prepared to show you what I want.
Also, the feeling of satisfaction that
follows a perfomance makes all the
preparation and frustration worth
it.
Orient: The performance on
Friday and Saturday is a one-man
act and you've done other solo acts
in the past so do you perfer to work
alone?
Hurlin: I like to work alone
because then I am asssured that I'm
getting what I want. Why hire actors
when you can do it yourself?
However, when working alone its
very hard to motivate. Also, since
you are not rehearsing with other
people you can not play off them.
Instead, inspiration has to come
from somewhere else. In A Cool
Million the other actors in the show
are really the audience, and it is
they who I play off of.
Unfortunately, in rehearsal this
element is obviously lacking, and
therefore, it is hard to find
inspiration.
Orient How long did it take to
prepare A Cool Million?
Hurlin: Two years.
Orient: What made you choose
this specific author and work?
Hurlin: I first read A Cool
Million in college and I remember
initially being struck by the black
comedy aspect. Here, I was
laughing while the main
character, Lemuel Pitkin, was
being mutilated. However, as I
read and reread the book, I
realized just how wise a book it
was. Being published in 1933, the
book actually presupposed what
Hitler does.
Orient: In the piece you
perform sixty roles. Is there one
you find most fun to play or that
you have the most difficulty with?
Hurlin: I really like to play
Betty: She's a lot of fun. Probably,
Snodgrass is the most physically
draining character to play and
Purdy oftentimes I find illusive —
he's hard to pinpoint in tempo.
/ actually left my interview with
Hurlin feeling like I had been both
entertained and enlightened.
Moreover, 1 think that Hurlin's
upfront and honest manner will be
evident in his performance. His one
hour and forty-five minute critically
acclaimed one-man show A Cool
Million is one you will not want to
miss.
Hurlin with his Performance Art
class. Photo by Jim Sabo.
Historical society reveals the past tjc s Alpers to lecture
BY NANCY ECKEL
Orient Arts Editor
The Pejepscot Historical Society,
located at 1 59 Park Row, Brunswick,
isa unique resevoirof local heritage.
The towns of Brunswick, Topsham,
and Harpswell form the Pejepscot
region represented by the society.
In fact, there are three different
museums under control of the
Historical Society: The Pejepscot
Museum, The Skolfield-Whittier
House, and The Joshua
Chamberlain House. Also run by
the society is the Archives, located
at the Curtis Memorial Library.
The former museum presently
includes three exhibitions which
change periodically. Both house
museums, on theotherhand, remain
constant as displays. In the Pejepscot
Museum, the current exhibits
concern subjects of: Pejepscot Past
r
Times, the Merrymeeting Park, and
World War I.
The Pejepscot Past Times show is
one of historiography, revealing
how people's ideas have changed
as to what kinds of artifacts are
important to collect. The society
itself was founded in 1888, and in
this particular display, the objects
represented are those which were
collected within the first decade of
the society's creation. The people
who started the Historical Society
had a tendency to romanticize the
various objects in their description,
but now the correct interpretations
are provided for the viewers. Just
oneexampleof the many interesting
artifacts in this exhibit is a wooden
club, dated from 1898, which was
apparently used by Brunswick town
boys to fight against Bowdoin
students.
The most recently installed
exhibition at the museum shows
various photographs and
documents concerning the
Merrymeeting Park. This park was
located near Bath Road where
Autometrics stands today. Trollies
were the main source of
transportation to and from the park.
Amos F. Gerald, the owner of the
Lewiston, Bath, and Brunswick
Street Railway Trolley Line, created
the park in order to draw its patrons
from the areas serviced by his trolley
company.
Though it was only in existence
from 1898-1906, Merrymeeting Park
had many interesting features: a
casino, snack booths, an open-air
dance pavillion, a zoo, an
amphitheater, and several more
curiosities.
Other unique attractions were
(continued on page 8)
Svetlana Alpers, professor of art
history at the University of
California, Berkeley, will speak at
Bowdoin on Monday, October 1 at
7-30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium,
Visual Arts Center. The lecture is
entitled "Rubens and the
Engendering of Art," and is the
first Robert Lehman Foundation
Lecture for 1990. The lecture is free
of charge and open to the public.
Alpers specialty is Dutch art of
the 1 7th century. Most specifically,
she is an expert on Rubens and
Rembrandt. As an author, Alpers,
won the 1 988 Charles Rufus Morey
Award from the College Art
Association for her Rembrandt's
Enterprise . This award celebrates
the most distinguished book on
art history by an American. Alpers
has also published extensively in
various journals and collections.
Alpers earned her B.A. from
Radcliffe College and a Ph.D. in
Fine Arts from Harvard University.
She has taught at the University of
California, Berkeley since 1 962, and
has been professor of the history of
art since 1975. In 1986, she won a
Distinguished Teaching Award at
Berkeley.
The Lehman lectureship was
established in 1986 by the Robert
Lehman Foundation of New York
to appeal to a general audience and
increase their knowledge,
appreciation, and enjoyment of the
visual arts. This lecture is co-
sponsored by the art department.
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Friday, September 28, Smith
Auditorium, 7:30 and 10 pan.
Eraserhead is David Lynch's
brooding and truly unsettling
venture into film surrealism.
This Is Spinal Tap
USA 1984
Saturday, September 29, Smith
Auditorium, 730 and 10 p.m. This
Is Spinal Tap is a pretentious rock
satire. A devastatingly funny
comedy of errors.
Dr. Strangelove or :How I learned
to Stop Worrying and Love the
Bomb
USA 1964 93 minutes
Wednesday, October 3, Kresge
Auditorium, 330 and 8 p.m.
Kubrik's comic masterpiece, j
Olsen performs
On September 29th at 8:00 p.m.
as part of a new series entitled 'Try
It, You'll Like It" Night at the
ChocolateChurch in Bath, Kristina
Olsen will perform an evening of
original material.
Olsen is a multi-faceted singer
who performs solos with self-
accompaniment on guitar, steel-
body slide guitar, piano, and
saxophone. She fills her show with
funny stories and anecdotes about
her songs and travels. So take a
trip with Kristina Olsen — it will
be worth the trip up to Bath.
Tickets are $8 and $6, available
in advance at the office of the
Chocolate Church, Macbean's
Music Store in Brunswick, or at
the door. For reservations and /or
for more information, call 442-
8455.
8 September 28, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Historical Society
(continued from page 7)
shows, such as the famous diving
horses. "King and Queen were snow
white Arabians who thrilled
audiences by jumping down from a
50 foot platform into a pool of water.
The steeds purportedly learned their
diving trickin their nativeland where
they would dive into a river and
swim to an island where they could
enjoy more succulent grass."
Another amusing story is that of
Perpinta, thedancing firefly girl, who
"entertained at the Theater in the
Woods by dancing on a glass floor
with a bright fire burning
underneath." Perpinta later died
while performing this act in Paris.
The third and largest exhibit
displays many posters,
photographs, uniforms, and letters
from the First World War. When
people consider the war, typically
they think about the "front line" in
Europe; however, one of the most
important aspects about any war is
what happens here in America.
Therefore, the Historical Society has
presented a view of the war taken
from Smalltown, Maine as well as
from the actual experiences of
soldiers.
Part of the show includes a
videotape of Colonel Walter C.
Hinds, 1 01 st Trench Mortar Battery,
26th (Yankee) Division, American
Expeditionary Forces, who recalls
his personal experiences of the war
on the Western Front. Similarly,
there is a slide show at the Curtis
Memorial Library which gives a
much broader view of the war.
One of the most fascinating
sections of the display reveals the
role that Bowdoin College played
in the war. Bowdoin was used as a
major training camp in Brunswick
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about programs:
FILM SEMINAR
Wed. OCT 10
Contact Career Services
for time/location
INFO TABLE
Thurs,OCT11
9:00-3:30
Student Room, Moulton Union
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fortheMilliken Regiment. Anarticle
in this exhibit documents the use of
Bowdoin as a camp: 'The men of the
regiment will arrive with absolutely
no equipment, clothing, arms,
tentage, etc., to be used after their
arrival. For the first ten days or two
weeks of their stay in Brunswick it is
planned to quarter the men in the
buildings on the Bowdoin College
Campus... The three dormitories (
Winthrop, Maine, and Appleton
Halls) and the General Thomas W.
Hyde athletic building will be used
as barracks." The "Bowdoin Union"
housed the regimental chaplain as
well as a recreation room for the
soldiers. Also, the article suggests
that "Either Memorial Hall (Pickard
Theater) or the first floor of Adams
Hall will be used for hospital
purposes. According to present
plans headquarters will be
established at one of the chapter
houses, probably the Psi Upsilon
house, which seems most available
for the purpose."
Apparently life at Bowdoin
changed dramatically for the
students, as a September 27, 1918
article from the Brunswick Record
suggests. The new college rules
allowed for "noeasychairs, no fancy
furniture, no pianos, no resplendent
waistcoat, no tight-fitting clothes,
no dress suits and ten hours of solid
military training every day in the
week except Sunday."
As members of the Bowdoin
College community, if you are
interested in learning more about
Bowdoin or Brunswick's roles in past
history, or if you just merely want
something different to do in your
free time, stop and have a look at the
Pejepscot Historical Society's many
offerings. Open year-round,
Monday through Friday 1 a.m. to 3
p.m., thePejepscot Museum has free
admission for all. Next week stay
tuned for more information
regarding the society's Skolfield-
Whittier House, Chamberlain
House, and Archives.
Friday, September 28, 7:30 p.m. Concert. Talking Drums will perform
African music and dance. Tickets are free with Bowdoin ID. Kresge
Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
Friday, September 28, 8 p.m. Performance. New York performance
artist, Dan Hurlin, presents his critically acclaimed one-man show A
Cool Million. Tickets are free with Bowdoin I.D. Pickard Theater.
Saturday, September 29, 8 p.m. Concert. Kristina Olsen, will perform
solo with self-accompaniment on guitar, steelbody slide guitar, piano
and saxophone. Tickets are $8 and S6 and are available in advance at
theofficeoftheChocolate Church, Macbean's Music Store in Brunswick,
or at the door. The Chocolate Church 804 Washington Street, Bath. For
reservations and/or more information, call 442-8455.
Saturday, September 29, 8 p.m. Hurlin's secondperformance.
Sunday, September 30, 7:30 p.m. Opera Video. Don Carlo . 21 4 minutes.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center.
Tuesday, October 2, 7 p.m. Open House/Class. The Brunswick Dharma
Study Group will hold an open house to introduce a class entitled 'The
Battle of Ego." 98 Maine Street, Brunswick. For more information call
666-33%.
Thursday, October 4, 8 p.m. Performance. Portland Performing Arts
begins its Multicultural Festival with a performance by the 36-member
Classical Dance Company of Cambodia. The Company will be
accompanied by a complete pinpiat orchestra company. Tickets are
$1Z Portland Performing Arts Center, 25 A Forest Avenue. For more
.information call 774-0465.
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The Bowdoin Orient
September 28, 1990 9
The Bowdoin Orient
SPORTS
Football edges Middlebury in final minute
Carenzo 26-yard field goal propels Bea rs to 21-19 victo ry
BY DAVE WILBY
C>ient Sports Editor
With the questions which mark
the beginning of a new football
season facing the Polar Bear football
tea mas they entered last Saturday's
opener it seemed that the game
would indicate a lot about what is in
store this fall. Aftera last minute21-
19 victory over Middlebury, the
preseason question marks have
been erased.
Head Coach Howard Vandersea's
-quad had to regroup after the
visiting Panthers took the lead with
a fourth quarter,18-play, 82-yard
d rive. Middlebury only had to hold
on tor 1 :36 to go home with a win.
The Bowdoin squad shot down
those hopes by running a two-
minute drill that Joe Walsh would
have admired.
Eric LaPlaca '93 did not waste
any time in putting pressure on
M iddlebury by returning the kickoff
31 yards to just short of the 50-yard
19 lead and a 1-0 record.
Coach Vandersea said that
Carenzo' s kick, "was as big a
pressure kick as there is in college
football,'' and that thecoaching staff
has a lot of faith in the kicking game.
During the drive "the players
were focused," said the head coach.
"We knew what we had to do."
The Polar Bears led throughout
the first half, with a 9-0 lead at
halftime on the strength of an
Anthony Schena '93 sack that
resulted in a safety and a LeClair
touchdown from one yard out,
followed by a Carenzo point after
conversion.
The second half was a battle
between the offenses as the two
teams combined for 31 points and
the lead changed four times.
The home team struck first, as
Carenzo split the uprights from 32,
yards out to increase the lead to 12-
0.
Middlebury came alive with a 70-
yard drive culminating in a 2-yard
touchdown pass from quarterback
line. -i-
TherequarterbackMike Kirch '90 Pat Dyson to tight end Greg Fisher,
and after a failed fake extra point
the score was 12-6.
The lead soon changed hands as
the Panther defense blocked a Kirch
punt and Andy Hyland rambled 20
yards up the middle for a
touchdown on the following play.
With the extra point, converted by
Eric Backman, the visitors led, 13-
12.
Bowdoin answered with a 69 yard
drive mostly on the strength of Sean
Sheehan's '91 rushing. Sheehan
picked up 41 yards on the ground
during the drive and scored on a
touchdown pass from Kirch that
took over and moved the offense 39
vards in 1:24 with the help of two
receptions by Loren Stead '92 and a
clutch 17-yard run on third-and-
one by Jim LeClair '92.
Kirch called his own plays during
the final drive, according to
Vandersea who said, "Kirch did a
super job.. .not many people can do
that."
With the ball on the Panther 10-
vard line and twelve ticks left on the
clock, Vandersea called on place-
kicker Jim Carenzo '93, who lined
up the 26-yard field goal attempt
and drilled it, giving Bowdoin a 21-
was called back.
Two plays after the holding call
that nullified the touchdown, Kirch
again went to the air and found
Stead in the end zone for a 17-yard
scoring play. The attempted two
point conversion failed and
Middlebury took possession on their
own 18-yard line, down 18-13,
setting up their long touchdown
drive.
The defense did a great job,"
said Coach Vandersea, referring to
turnovers, as the Bears recovered
two fumbles, made two
interceptions, and blocked a field
goal.
Senior linebackers Steve Cootey,
with 16, and Mark Katz, with ten,
led the team in tackles. Schena
chipped in with eight solo tackles
and a fumble recovery.
Vandersea credited juniors Mike
Webber and Andy Petitjean for their
play on defense. Webber made five
tackles, stopped a two-point
conversion, and played well on punt
coverage, while Petitjean was strong
at the defensive end position.
LeClair led the Bowdoin backs
with 90 yards on 20 carries, and
Sheehan averaged over 5 yards per
carry on his way to 62 yards.
Co-captain Dan Smith '91, Chris
Pyne '92, and Jon Perkins '91 were
cited by Vandersea for their blocking
on the offensive line.
The Bears will head to Hartford,
Conn, tomorrow to face Trinity,
which won here last year 39-38 on a
last second conversion. Bowdoin
fireworks.
Field hockey defeats Bates, evens record
BY STACEY SABO
Orient Contributor
they struck again. The score at
halftime was 2-1.
The Bears were a bit discouraged
after the two quick goals but came
forthe field hockey team, according
to Beverage. "Bates is a big rival,
and winning wasan emotional boost
that we really needed, especially
after losing our first two games."
A notable performance was
turned in by center half Sara Beard
The field hockey team evened its
record at 2-2 with this past Tuesday's out fighting in the second half
winoverBates. Aftera disheartening Beverage scored her second goal
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game winner.
Beverage now has three assists
on the season.
The game was an important one
first win. Holding for Carenzo's point after attempt earlier in the
game is Mike Kirch *90. Photo by Chris Strassel.
Crew opens at Head
of the Androscoggin
BY STACEY SABO
Orient Contributor
goal
The
team's next game is this
Bowdoin crew kicked off its fall
season this past Saturday with its
women's lightweight first-place
finishover Bates College at the Head
of the Androscoggin Regatta.
The races were hosted by Bates at
their course in Lewiston, with Colby
she beat the goalie with a pass
received from team captain and
halfback Nancy Beverage *91.
Fifteen minutes later the Bobcats
got their first goal, and then they
waited only five minutes more until
ine teams maw »«""? »» «■■ — . : . .«. •
afternoon as they travel to Wheaton and Worcester State being the other
CollegeinMassachusetts, whom the schools competing in the regatta.
Bears beat at home last year, 2-0. On
Saturday they play at Salem State
University, looking to avenge last
year's 1-0 loss here in Brunswick.
Second half offense key to women 's soccer win
BY DAVE JACKSON
Orient Staff
It wasn't pretty, but the women's
soccer team improved to 3-1 with a
3-2 win over Babson on Saturday.
Babson jumped out to a 2-0 lead
with two goals in a six minute span
late in the first half. A breakaway
produced the first goal, while the
second came on a chip to the left
corner.
The Bears were able to turn the
momentum when Sara Wasinger '92
scored on a direct kick with just 1 :30
to play in the half. The kick followed
a tripping foul by Babson.
Coach John Cullen explained,
"We didn't play poorly in the first
half, but we tried to play pure ball
control and we're not ready to do
that yet. I reminded the players at
halftime that our forwards wereour
strong suit, and needed to take
control."
The team took those words to
heart, scoring immediately in the
second half, when Didi Salmon V2
crossed to Sarah Russel '91 at the
left corner for a tap-in.
At the 26:07 mark, Tracy Ingram
'92 made a similar crossing pass,
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The women's open class boat
comprised of Heather Brennan '91,
Kathleen Dolan '94, Marina Heusch
'91, and Liz Rostermundt '93, and
the men's heavies boat of Phil
Jurgeleit '92, Pete Macarthur '92,
Dave Moore-Nichols '91, and John
Peters '93, both garnered second
place honors.
The women's lights win over
Bates was an auspicious start to the
season.
"It felt wonderful," says Jen Lovitt
'93. "We were so happy- it was a
reward for all those cold morning
practices and the killer mosquitos."
Her sentiments were shared by
fellow rowers Clay Berry '93,
Katherine Perrine '91 , and Stephanie
Sire '93. Berry said, "It's nice. Bates
is good competition for us each
year."
The Bobcats were certainly good
competition for the men's heavies, a
race which would have been much
closer if Bowdoin's boat had not
been swamped with problems from
the beginning.
The starts were staggered in
fifteen-second intervals, and right
before Bowdoin started to row,
Bates' launch drove by.
"We were swamped in its wake,"
said a member of the crew. "It was
the most frustrating thing- we had
two inches of water in the bottom of
the boat before we even got going.
The water offsets the balance of the
boat, especially when you're tired,
so we were at a disadvantage from
the start."
The whole race wasn't a washout,
however, as Phil Jurgeleit said, "It
was a great finish — we edged out a
Colby boat by a bowball."
Bowdoin Crew's next race is this
Sunday, as they will travel to the
Head of the Textile River, in Lowell,
Massachusetts.
10 September 28, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Volleyball finishes second
in Polar Bear Invitational
Women's cross country beats BU
BY TIMOTHY M. SMITH
Orient Contributor
Having dominated its
competition in three preliminary
matches at the Polar Bear
Invitational, the volleyball team had
its sights set on the championship.
The hard-hitting squad from the
University of New England stood
in the way, however. They soundly
defeated the Bears 13-15, 15-5, 15-8,
and solidified their position as the
top team in the state.
Came 1 saw New England grab
an early 5-2 lead.
After several costly mistakes,
Bowdoin goton track. Abbyjealous'
'91 and Melissa Schulenberg's '93
relentless play at the net enabled
the Bears to surge ahead, 9-6.
Picking out the holes in UNE's
defensive alignment, the home team
began to dominate the match.
Although UNE came back to even
the score late in the game, the Bears
held on fora 13-15 victory in a game
which Coach Lynn Ruddy called
"the best we have ever played."
UNE's domination in the final
twogamesof the match could hardly
have been expected, as Bowdoin
appeared to be on a roll, having
won six consecutive games.
Coach Ruddy later admitted that
Abby Jealous "91 shows the form that earned her All-Tournament
honors in the Polar Bear Invitational. Photo by Chris Strassel.
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her team "fell flat" after game 1.
'The other team found out how
to block our big hitters, and we
didn't adjust to it."
Lacking offensive spark, the Bears
faced early deficits in both games.
In neither case were they able to
rebound.
While acknowledging that UNE
was "the first hard-hitting, smart
team we played," Coach Ruddy
asserted that they are no better than
Bowdoin in terms of ability.
The Bears' performance in the
final two games of the championship
match was by no means indicative
of their play in the tournament as a
whole. Prior to facing UNE,
Bowdoin trounced the University
of Maine-Machais (15-5, 10-15, 15-
8), St. Joseph's (15-11, 15-4), and the
University of Maine-Earmington
(15-5, 15-11).
Playing especially well for
Bowdoin throughout the
Invitational were co-captains
Jennifer Levine "91 and Jealous, both
of whom were named to the coaches'
All-Toumament Team.
Having compiled a 3-1
tournament record, the Bears stand
at 6-4 as they begin what Ruddy
called "the tough part of the
schedule," beginning with the Bates
Round Robin this weekend.
Led by a strong group of first-
year runners, the women's cross
country team trounced Boston
University while losing to Brown in
tri-meet action last Saturday.
The Bruins had twenty-five
points, the Polar Bears forty and the
Terriers sixty-five. It was a strong
first performance for the nationally
ranked women.
Mieke Van Zante '94 (17:59) was
the first Polar Bear to cross the line,
in third place behind Brown's
Meredith Saillant (17:29), and BU's
Jennifer Lanctot (17:48).
Van Zante ran a fearless race
against the Division I competition,
pulling away from two Brown
runners in the last five hundred
meters of the five kilometer race.
Running well together in the
number two and three spots were
Tricia Connell '93 and Ashley
Wernher '93. The two were only a
second apart, finishing in seventh
(18:37) and eighth (18:38) places
overall.
Coach Slovenski termed their
races "outstanding".
Only a few seconds behind was
Marilyn Fredey '91, in tenth place.
In a race termed the "upset of the
week", first-year student Sarah
Perrotti ran fifth for the Bears.
Perrotti unleashed a ferocious kick.
outdistancing a tightly packed
bunch to finish fifteenth (19:02).
Eileen Hunt '93, still recovering
from injury, fought gamely to a
seventeenth place finish. Anthea
Schmid '94 finished out the top
seven with an excellent Bowdoin
debut in twenty-first.
The Slovenski was pleased with
his team's showing. "Mieke looked
very strong. If we can get Marilyn
and Eileen healthy, I think the three
of them will work very well
together."
Tomorrow the Polar Bears will
face some good Division III
competition as they travel to
Waterville to face Bates, Colby, and
Smith.
Tod Fitzpatrick '92 gets down and dirty in last Saturday's 1-0 win over the Conn College Camels. Photo by
Chris Strassel.
Men's soccer shuts down Conn College
BY DAVID SCIARRETTA
Asst. Sports Editor
The men's soccer team hosted
: Connecticut College last weekend
in what was the most evenly
matched game of the season so far,
and the Bears triumphed, 1-0. The
victory was Bowdoin's third straight
in 1990, against no defeats.
When the Bears journeyed south
last year to face the Camels,
Connecticut won a close contest by
the same score. History tells us that
whenever thesetwo squads faceoff,
it is bound to be an intense game,
and last weekend's was no
exception.
"They're a tough school, and we
had to be at our best to beat them,"
said Bears' coach Tim Cilbride.
Bowdoin executed effectively all
over the field, but the defense made
the difference, as Peter Van Dyke
'93, Steve Pokomy '91 and Dave
Shultz '92 smothered the Camel
attack throughout the game.
Cilbride was concerned about the
defense going into the match, as he
thought their play in the previous
game had been a bit weak. But the
game Saturday dispelled his fears.
The teams managed just seven
shots apiece, and it was the Bears
who capitalized. At 37:19, Matt
Patterson '93 took a pass from
Mvelase Mahlaka '91 and buried it
in the lower left comer forthegame's
only score.
The goal was the second of
Patterson's career, and comes at a
time when he is really developing
as a player.
"I'm very happy with Mart's play
this year," said Cilbride. "He's got a
good nose for the goal, and has
shown big improvement since last
year."
The win was a crucial one for the
Bears, as they were without the
services of scoring threat Lance
Conrad '91, and senior co-captain
Bill Lange was playing with an
injured knee.
Bears' goalkeeper Andres DeLasa
'92 had five saves, as he registered
his second shutout of the season.
On Tuesday, Bowdoin headed
down to Gorham to take on the
University of Southern Maine,
where the two squads played to a
scoreless tie.
It was a physical contest, with
each team collecting two yellow
cards.
The goalkeepers were kept busy,
as Bowdoin peppered USM with
twenty-two shots, while USM
registered thirteen attempts. Bears'
keeper DeLasa turned away nine
shots, including several close range
i indirect kicks.
"Andres saved the game for us
outthere/'saidConrad. 'Therewere
a lot of questions concerning the
goaltending before the season
started, but he sure has come
through for us."
The Bears will try to rebound from
Tuesday's sluggish play when they
face the Beavers at Babson today.
Women's tennis crushes Engineers, 9-0
BY ERIC LUPEER
Orient Staff
The women's tennis team evened
out their record to 2-2 last Friday
with a win over MIT.
Bowdoin dominated the
competition and did not allow the
Engineers a single match.
Co-Captains Heidi Wallenfels '91
and Kathiyn Loebs '91, KatieGradek
'91, and Nicole Gastonguay '90 won
in straight sets. Alison Burke '94,
Alison Vargas '93, and Tracy Boulter
'94 also won their matches.
Coach Ros Kermode seems to
have solved the team's early season
problems with their doubles play.
,After a few weeks of rearranging
pairings, it appears that Kermode
has finally found the right
combinations.
The teams of Wallenfels/Gradek,
Burke/Loebs, and Marti Champion
'93/Vargas all won in straight sets.
Co-captain Heidi Wallenfels, the
number one player, is pleased with
the way the team is coming together.
"This is the best team I've played on
at Bowdoin," shesaid. "Wegetalong
well, and we've got some great first
year players."
Wallenfels added that she thinks
the team has improved quite a bit
since their two early season losses
to Midd lebury and Colby.
First year students Boulter and
Burke have been impressive, with
Burke having the only loss between
them.
The team's veterans are also
playing well. Katie Gradek is
undefeated this season, and
Wallenfelsand Vargas have lost only
once.
Bowdoin's match on Saturday in
Massachusetts against Babson was
cancelled on the suspicion of rain.
Next week the Polar Bears will be
on the road, facing Wheaton,
Simmons and Colby. The Colby
match is particularly important, as
the team will be looking to avenge
last week's loss.
The match against Babson will be
rescheduled when there is a
suspicion of sun.
The Bowdoin Orient
September 28, 1990 11
Men's cross country places third
BY DAVE PAGE
Orient Contributor
Under an overcast Bru nswick sky
last Saturday, the men's cross
country team opened their season
against two Division I opponents
and acquitted themselves well, their
53 points placing them a close third
behind the University of Rhode
Island (25) and UNH (44).
Coach Peter Slovenski was more
than satisfied with his squad's
performance, pronouncing himself
"very pleased with the way we
competed against two schools with
scholarship runners."
Balance was the key to the Polar
Bear attack as Bowdoin's top five
finishers (whose places are added
together to obtain the team's point
total) crossed the line only forty
seconds apart.
Sam Sharkey '93 led the way,
covering the five-mile course in
26:21 to place a strong fifth behind
individual winner Kevin Flood of
Rhode Island.
"Sam ran a good race,"
commented Coach Slovenski. "He
is emerging as the front-runner our
team needs."
Right on Sharkey's heels were
teammates Bill Callahan '92 in ninth
place, Andrew Yim '93in 11th, Lance
Hickey '91 in 13th, and John
Dougherty '91 in 15th.
Dougherty's time of 27:01 gave
the Polar Bears the closest margin
between first and fifth place runners
of any of the competing schools, a
good indication of the depth this
team possesses.
David Wood '93 ran a surprising
race to place 6th for Bowdoin and
21 st overall, while Chris Quinn '94,
Russ Crandall '94, Andy Kinley '93,
Michael Pena '94, Rob McDowell
'91 and David Humphrey '94 also
competed.
This Saturday is another tough
date for the Polar Bears, as host
University of Southern Maine and
perennial New England Division
III powerhouse Colby await them
in Waterville.
A typically upbeat Slovenski
remained undaunted by the
prospect of tangling with the White
Mules, observing that "if we can
repeatour performanceof last week,
we can run with Colby"
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Soccer, A-league
Love Tractor 3
Team Karma 1
Lodgers 4
Zeta Psi
Aztecas 5
Love Tractor 2
Soccer, B-league
Kappa Sig 1
Foster
Nose-on-a-Stick 4
Bowdoin Ski Team 1
Soccer, C-league
Hyde Hall Havartis 5
Delta Sig 2
Foster 4
Baxter 3
Football, A-league
Beta I 20
Deke 6
Football, B-league
Kappa Sig 21
Psi-U
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The Aftermath beat A.D.
Ultimate Frisbee, A-league
Lodgers beat Deke
D. Beal beat Deke
Ultimate Frisbee, B-league
T.D. 27
Zeta Psi 20
Foster beat N. Taylor
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Golf team looks ahead
to New England tourney
BY AMY BIELEFELD
Orient Contributor
After three tournaments in one
week, the Bowdoin golf team has a
long break before their most
important outing, the New England
Tournament. The meet will be held
at New Seabury, one of the best
courses in the country according to
Coach Meagher, on October 22 and
23.
On September 18, the team
traveled to UNH for a four team
tournament. As Meagher had
predicted, UNH proved to be a
formidable opponent, winning the
match in front of Babson and
Merrimack as well as Bowdoin.
Alex Ruttenberg '92 turned in
Bowdoin's lowest score.
On September 22 and 23, the team
played in a Held of 24 teams at
Middlebury. Detailed results arc not
yet available due to the^size of the
field, but Dartmouth won despite
heavy rain on the first day of the
event.
Soccer
(Continued from page 9)
with Salmon heading the ball into
the net for the tie-breaking goal.
Though the Bears continued to
knock on the door the remainder of
the game, they never got the
insurance goal.
Still, the win was satisfying.
Bowdoin out-shot Babson 20-7,
The next day, September 24, the
Bears returned to Maine to play in
the CBB at Colby.
The home team took the victory,
also claiming the lowest individual
score, and Bates and Bowdoin
followed closely.
Looking back. Coach Meagher
was pleased with the season. Besides
one day of the Middlebury
tournament, the team has enjoyed
"cooperative" weather, and
Meagher considers the season to
have been a "positive experience."
He especially praised the solid
performances of juniors Alex
Ruttenberg and Mike Van Huystee,
and sophomore Scott Mostrom.
Finally, the Bears are looking
forward to the New England meet,
where they will play against some
of the best golfers in New England.
Coach Meagher is looking
forward to the opportunity of
watching his players and others in
this setting, and sees it as a good
way for both players and coach to
spend October break.
indicating their territorial control.
Also, Mel Koza "91 made her
debut in goal for the Polar Bears,
saving four shots and showing no
signs of a preseason leg injury.
The Bears face a tough weekend,
visiting Wheaton today and taking
a long ride for tomorrow's game
against the University of Vermont.
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BONNIE E. BERRYMAN
MICHELLE L. CAMPACNA
SHARON A. HAYES
Apathy on the way out?
Until very recently, it was a
commonly accepted, and all too
often welcomed, fact of campus
life that Bowdoin students were
primarily motivated by . . . well .
. . nothing. Apathy traditionally
cut a mean swath through campus
activism, and seriously hurt the
credibility of the students with
the faculty and administration.
Take the tuition hike of last year;
we were upset, we were enraged,
we were really put out — but only
five of us showed up at the
meeting that the student
government set up to address the
problem.
It is undeniably difficult for an
administrator to take the students'
views seriously if no one shows
up to articulate the views in the
first place.
Even when this problem
became obvious, most students
continued to sit around grumbling
about this or that injustice,
berating the powers- that-be for
their indifference, and just
generally stewing in their own
juices, refusing to acknowledge
that their own lack of mtitiative
was the cause of their problems.
Fortunately for all concerned,
light seems to be dawning on this
previously dark (everyone was
snoozing, after all) horizon. Last
year, over eight hundred students
showed up to scream "Here's
what we think about a change in
the grading system!" at the
college. Political and social groups
on campus have begun to exercise
their First Ammendment rights
with unprecedented enthusiasm,
and have met with encouraging
success in passing on their energy
to the less spontaneously
motivated. Oh, and last night,
twenty-six candidates showed up
at the Executive Board open
forum, a staggering improvement
over the last few years, when it
was considered unusual to have
enough candidates to hold an
election at all.
The student body is letting its
voice be heard — no longer will
things just slip by us because we
can't be bothered to open our
mouths outside of a late-night
gripe session. Oh, sure, we are
arguing amongst ourselves quite
a bit, too — all the better. At least
we're letting each other, the
college, and the world, know what
we think.
So fire up, Bowdoin; sure, we
may be in for a bumpy ride — but
we might just get a thing or two
changed arcund here.
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VOTE A! THE UNION MONDAY FROM 10 TO S
Grading change proceeds
in face of student opinion
By MARK JEONG
The class of 1995 is going to
start its academic career at
Bowdoin with a new grading
system. Instead of HH-H-P-
Fs, exams and papers will be
graded with A-B-C-D-Fs.
Last spring, the Executive
Board sponsored the student
referendum to see what the
students wanted. 929 students
turned up to vote, which is
truly an impressive number
for students voting at
Bowdoin. Of that 929, only 64
favored the five-letter grading
system, and 734 decided to
stay with the traditional
system. Looking at these
figures, I think the students
would much rather stay with
the traditional honor system.
So why is the grading system
changing next fall? Is it
because the "Bowdoin student
apathy" inhibited students
fro redoing anything about it?
The execu ti ve board presented
the referendum results to the
faculty and even to President,
Greason. But they disregarded
the plea of the 734 to save one
of the distinct characteristics
of Bowdoin that is unique
among the small liberal arts
colleges. So student apathy
isn't the cause of this ordeal.
Is it because the
administration and the faculty
doesn't care about what the
students want? I'm not quite
sure yet...
The faculty vote to go ahead
with the five-letter grade was
very close, but the faculty
turnout was less than great.
Well, the position seems to
have shifted between the
faculty and the students.
While the student turnout to
vote was overwhelming,
faculty participation was
lacking.
Considering the results of
the student referendum, close
faculty vote, and the lack of
faculty participation, I was
sure the faculty would at least
reconsider this issue. The
executive board even
recommended that the faculty
recount their vote and require
all faculty members to vote.
On both accounts, the faculty
disregarded the
recommendations and
decided to keep the
unpopular five-letter system.
At a school which prides
itself with a close faculty/
student relationship, and a
learning atmosphere which
tries to disengage itself from
unhealthy competition, I'm
appalled at such negligence
and poor management by the
faculty and the
administration.
I hope the students
recapture the fervor of the last
referendum as we let the
faculty and the administration
know what we want. I hope
we work together to preserve
an important aspect of
Bowdoin College — the one
which differentiates us from
the others.
The Bowdoin Orient
September 28, 1990 13
The Bowdoin Orient
OPINION
BY BILL HUTFILZ AND JOHN
NICHOLSON
Orient Senior Editors
This week's topic: The concept of
European Community .
John: Ifwecantakeourminds
off the Kuwaiti crisis for just a
moment we might realize that
historical events of the first
magnitude continue to emanate
from Europe and the Soviet
Union. In the midst of these
revolutionary events stands the
concept of the European
Community. 1992 is little more
than one year off, and we must
begin to peer beyond the claims
and hopes, beyond the applause
and laurels, and to debate what
the nature of the EC will be.
Bill: That's right, John, it's high
time to define the EC and its
mission; once formal German
reunification is achieved (within
a week of this printing), the eyes
of all Europe will turn toward
making the EC structure a viable
operative system. This system
must bolster, or even direct, the
European economy in the
decades ahead. However, such
an amorphous concept needs
definition and institutions to
make it tick.
The ECs ability to confront
and combat the problems of a
new, all-European economy
depends upon not only periodical
meetings between economic
ministers, but also a constantly
functional European parliament.
Such a body is integral to the
success of a European
Community in establishing a
cohesive agenda of goals, which
is the only way to effectively solve
the problems of the collective
European economy.
John: At first glance the concept
of uniting Western Europe to form
the world's largest cohesive market
seems appealing. Yet, Bill's scenario
disturbs me. The mission of the
parliamentarians in Strasbourg and
the bureaucrats in Brussels should
be to insure the free and efficient
workings of this huge market. I do
not envision the EC as a central
administrative power bent on
bolstering or directing the Europe-
wide economy. Unfortunately this
appears to be the direction in which
the Community is headed.
Bill: In all honesty, John, I fear
that the biggest obstacle toward an
effective, truly dedicated European
Community is the sentiment which
you just expressed. You and the
other Thatcherites are so afraid of
any possible affronts to an
individual nation's sovereignty that
you neglect to notice the boon that is
central administration (in this
particular case).
Full immersion in the cause of
the EC will be necessary in order to
create a community with any sort of
momentum. Besides, the EC is no
more a threat to the sovereignty of
European nations than the beloved,
outdated acronym NATO.
Cooperation, not cooptation, is the
name of the EC game. The
Strasbourg parliament can be the
leader for the future of an
economically healthy Europe from
the Atlantic to the Urals if it so
desires.
John: Bill, you're wrong. I am
not a Thatcherite, alarmed over the
possible retreat of national
sovereignty.
My concern centers around
whether the EC grows into a body
which controls the economic
activity of individuals and
nations - both within and outside
the Community - or whether it
merely facilitates such activity.
The European Community is an
economic union, chartered to
facilitate peace and prosperity.
Bureaucracies, however, tend to
favor command-control
methods, in an effort to increase
their own power.
The strength and hope of the
EC resides in its formula to
provide a large market in which
the individuals of Europe may
participate in an free and
unfettered manner. Large
bureaucracies which control
markets are antithetical to this
equation.
Bill: John, you're missing my
point. Large bureaucracies are
indeed wholly unnecessary;
what the EC needs is a
respectable political basis. The
aforementioned Brussels
bureaucrats will play a lesser
role once the Strasbourg
parliament has been afforded
its legitimacy. This is the more
poignant criticism of 10
Downing Street, that Britain's
volte-face on the scope of the EC
discredits, even paralyzes, the
capacity of this economic
association.
Free markets are not
incompatible with recognized,
respected governments,
whether on a national or
supranational level. Rather,
such a government is necessary
to uphold the market system.
The EC Parliament requires
legitimacy; let the governments
of Europe join together to give it
its due as an investment in the
future.
Students need to be responsible
for their own actions
JOSEPH D. CONDRA II
Orient Contributor
Bowdoin Student outraged at Olympic
Committee's decision for 1996 games
BY JOHN A. E. GHANOTAKIS
Orient Contributor
The heart of Hellenism was
stabbed by the world community
when Atlanta, Georgia was granted
the rights to host thel996 Summer
Olympics over Athens, Greece.
It took only five roundsof lowest-
vote elimination and a overly
capitalistic outlook, for the
International Olympic Committee
to unexpectedly deny Greece her
inherent right to host the 100th year
Golden Anniversary of the Modern
Summer Olympics. Not
surprisingly, Atlanta was perceived
as the ideal location: The United
States of America and American
dollars.
Thecommittee's decision is a slap
in the face to the people and
traditions of Greece and Cypress,
not to mention athletes everywhere.
Has the world community has
overlooked the fact that the Olympic
Games are a product of Greece?
Olympian Greece had been the
site of the original Olympic Games
dedicated to the god Zeus, of ancient
Greece, and, in turn Athens had
been the site of the first modern day
Olympic Games in 18%. Only a
decade ago the establishment of
Athens, Greece as permanent site
for all summer Olympics was in
serious consideration. Now, in the
100th anniversary of the modern
version of the Olympic Games, the
dollar of America has prevailed over
principles and tradition.
Now, when an athlete struggles
to achieve excellence in the Olympic
Games, the Olympic spirit will not
betheretooffer encouragement. All
they will have to look up to is
endorsements and payoffs.
Greece has refused to host the
Olympics ever again, and in my
opinion should not attend thegames
in protest of the distressingly
materialistic mentality of the
Olympic Committee. The most
ironic aspect of the decision is that
Atlanta owes its name to Greece.
It is obvious that our world is
changing at a rapid pace, and that
our principles are expanding in
rather unconventional directions;
sad to say, the principles adopted
seem to be based on greed and
irreverence fortradition. Our world
is very different than ever before,
but never did such a decision by the
Olympic Committee seem possible.
It seems the Olympic laurel of
ancient Hellena has been tossed
aside in favor of a palm crossed
with silver.
As an officer of a fraternity at
Bowdoin and a member of the Inter-
Fraternity Council, I have witnessed
first-hand the troubles afflicting the
fraternity system as we know it on
this campus. Some of the problems
that surround the fraternity system
have been brought on by
occurrences in the various
fraternities — occasional instances of
over-consumption of alcohol by
members resulting in rowdy
behavior and sometimes personal
injury, poor management and
neglect of duties, and general
irresponsibility by members that
leads to damage to houses and other
unfortunate consequences.
The members of fraternities at
Bowdoin must begin to take
responsibility for these sorts of "in-
house" problems; we must look at
ourselves and question our own
actions that have caused some to
look upon the entire system with a
stern glance. If we do not, we sign
our own death warrant.
However, not all of the problems
that we face as a system have been
caused by members of our various
organizations. Due to the utter
ineptitude and timidity of the
administration in termsof providing
an alternate social scene, Bowdoin' s
fraternities have had to accept the
burden placed upon them to provide
a place for students to congregate,
socialize, and ultimately, drink.
Our hapless dormitories don't
offer a place for such activities — as
we all know, our campus housing
doesn't provide a place to
congregate other than in the rooms
themselves, unlike most other
colleges that I have seen which have
social lounges in the dormitories.
Oh, I'm sorry, we could gather in
the laundry rooms! Thanks, but no
thanks.
Anyway, fraternities have
responded to this pressure to
provide a social scene by having
what amounts to an open-door
policy in terms of parties. As of last
week, anyone on this campus,
independent orGreek, was welcome
at any party. This situation is
unparalleled at any other school. At
most schools, independents must
provide their own social life while
fraternities have their own parties.
This is (or was) one of the beauties
of Bowdoin, that all students,
regardless of affiliation, are welcome
at any house — providing a sort of
social cohesiveness that doesn't exist
anywhere else. This situation is
threatened, however, by instances
of students hurting themselves at
fraternity parties after having done
the large majority of their drinking
in dorm rooms or elsewhere, and
then proceeding to a fraternity
party. More often than not, the
students that end up in the hospital
are not even in fraternities, and
often, especially at this time of the
year, are first-year students.
I do not mean to imply that
fraternity members are unfazed by
drinking, or that first-year students
are "lightweights" or any such
misnomer. Statistically, however,
most students that get alcohol
poisoning are first-year students,
and usually this is the result of a
party in a dorm room at which
students drink themselves into
oblivion.
When this happens, the students
often go to a fraternity and have a
few drinks, and end up having to
go to the hospital. The
administration then hears that the
student was d linking at a fraternity,
and blames the institution, and not
the individual who cannot control
his or her drinking. This is the
situation that most directly
threatens the fraternity system, not
to mention the health and well-
being of the student(s) involved.
I am not saying that students
should not drink — that is a matter
of personal choice, and I would be
the ultimate hypocrite if I were to
say anything of the sort. I am asking
that students break the trend that is
so prevalent in America and take
responsibility fortheirown actions,
instead of letting the blame fall on
an institution that is indirectly
involved.
Additionally, the administration
should force this sort of
responsibility on students. Unless
it is a case of a student being unduly
pressured to drink at a fraternity,
any student that has to go to the
hospital for an alcohol-related
problem which often originates
from drinking outside a fraternity
should be disciplined with more
than an informal slap on the wrist,
rather than the present situation
where it is inevitably the fault of the
fraternity where the student had a
few drinks.
Ultimately, however, the solution
lies in the hands of the students.
Regardless of whether you are in a
fraternity or not, fraternities at
Bowdoin most likely figure heavily
in your campus life, both socially
and otherwise. We as fraternity
members are happy to add
whatever we can to the campus life
at Bowdoin, but at this rate the
actions of a select few threaten to
destroy the system which benefits
us all. Take responsibility for
yourselves and your actions, and
don't let stupid irresponsibility
threaten both your own life and the
life of an institution that has existed
for 1 50 years to serve the students —
the Fraternity system at Bowdoin.
Correction
Last week's opinion article entiled "Observer offers solution to the
diversity problem" was written by Michael Mascia '93. Due to an editorial
oversight his name was not printed.
14 September 28, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
First Amendment
Rethinking alcohol's mystique
BY KHURRAM
KHAN
Orient Staff
DASTGIR-
It is quite significant to note that
page 18 of last week's Orient was
solely devoted to Bowdoin's
favorite pastime, consumption of
alcohol. Messrs. Peters, Hall and
Jacobs presented, individually, their
varying viewpoints with
considerable conviction and it
would be fair to say that all of them
had valid points to make. It can
only be hoped that the students read
these writings and thought about
this all-pervading affliction, of
excessive alcohol consumption, that
plagues this campus. Interestingly,
the lower left corner of the same
page carries an advertisement by
Cask & Keg, announcing the 'Last
Call' for a Bowdoin tradition since
1 979, namely free beer posters. More
significantly, the advertisement
informs us that this establishment
sells wine, beer, cheese, kegs and
ice. This comical paradox is a perfect
illustration of the attitude of the
society, of which Bowdoin is a part,
towards alcohol. The root of the
problem is the fact that consumption
of alcohol, like cigarette smoking
used to be, is socially acceptable in
the American society.
In the past decade or so, there has
been an unrelenting onslaught
against the negative health
consequences of smoking,
highlighted by numerous scientific
studies concluding that cigarette
smoking can cause everything from
cancer to emphysema. There was
even a report on the harmful effects
of smoking on sexuality published
by Reader's Digest. While the people
in white coats were lost in their
laboratories measuring the level of
toxicities in cigarette smoke, the
populace was getting regularly
intoxicated by alcohol. The
campaign against cigarette smoking
has largely succeeded because
Americans were convinced by
scientific evidence that smoking is
re-: klcss. In contrast, it should suffice
to say that there never was any
campaign against alcohol.
Some people will surely point to
the public service ads that routinely
crop up in newspapers and on
electronic media. However, the
harmless cajoling of Triends don't
let friends drive drunk' and Don't
drink and drive,' has never brought
home the seriousness of
"WARNING: The Surgeon General
of the United States has determined
that smoking can cause...." The
message that these announcements
convey is that alcohol consumption
is okay, as long as you do not
endanger the lives of others. Tell
this to the two Bowdoin students
who were taken to the hospital in a
state of advanced alcohol
intoxication two weeks ago. They
never intended to drive, but came
very close to sacrificing their lives at
the altar of alcohol.
Bowdoin College community is
now so accustomed to such incidents
that it has stopped taking note. What
nobody points out is that such
students are only victims of peer
pressure which in turn is the result
of what is prevalent in the society.
This is not to say that such students
are not responsible for what they do
to themselves, it is after all a 'free'
country and every adult is imagined
to be responsible. But at the same
time we have this stereotypical
concept of hard-drinking as an
essential character trait of a 'macho'
man, not to mention alcohol as a
necessary lubricant of conversation
at social occasions. I must profess,
however, that I am less informed of
the sociological causes of
consumption of alcohol by females.
And this is where alcohol-
dependency enters the picture.
Maybe this is what is most attractive
about narcotics — escape from
reality. So... What are we students
trying to escape from? The exam on
Monday, or more aptly, the exam
last Thursday that we flunked? It is
tragic to note that the scenario is, in
a psychological sense, even less
complex; it is pure sociology. Most
of us drink because it is considered
the 'cool' thing to do; we drink
because we do not want to be left
out of the party stream and wedrink
so that we can boast to our friends
next morning that 'Oh God! I had
such a terrible hangover this
morning.' Makes sense?
The fact is that alcohol
consumption, like smoking, does
not make any sense at all. At the
moment, the medical effects of
drinking are less understood. But I
hope that we are all aware of the
monumental social and personal
costs of alcohol consumption that
this society is paying in the form of
shattered lives and broken families.
I would like to know the feelings of
the Bowdoin student who
miraculously survived fatal injury
last year despite jumping out of a
second floor window in an alcohol-
induced delirium. We should all be
on guard: this is a national affliction
of far serious magnitude. One needs
only to read the opening sentences
of the recently-published
autobiography of Kitty Dukakis to
see that, "I am Kitty Dukakis and I
am an alcoholic... I also came
perilously close to becoming the first
lady of the United States."
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Souter: Mystery and Mistake
BY NICK JACOB
Orient Contributor
When I decided to write a piece
about Judge David H. Souter's
nomination to the Supreme Court
I figured that I would have a pretty
easy time writing it. I planned to
spend Sunday reading the Times,
learning everything that I had to
know about Souter and his
ideological stance. When the
Times shed little light on Souter, I
set my sights for as many back
issues of "Time" and
"Newsweek" that I could find in
search of information on the
mysterious Supreme Court
nominee. After having spent
several hours reading and
wondering if David Souter
actually had any opinions on
anything, I arrived at the
conclusion that the man is and
will be a mystery until he takes
his scat on the Court. It is because
of this mystery surrounding him
that Judge Souter should not be
confirmed by the Sena tejudiciary
Committee.
Originally, Supreme Court
nominees were required to testify
in front of the Senate Judiciary
Committee. However, members
of the committee rarely inquired
about a nominee's stance on a
particular legal or ethical issue.
That is, until President Reagan
tried to appoint Robert Bork to
the Court. It was with the Bork
nomination that the Committee
realized its full power. What the
committee realized was the
importance of questioning an
appointee about his ideological and
political views to see if he reflected
those of mainstream America. If he
did, most likely the judge would
serve on the Court well. But if he
were so far from the mainstream as
Bork's views were, more damage
than good could be done on the
Court.
Because we know so littleof David
Souter's views, he is a timebomb
waiting to explode on the Supreme
Court. By the time this is published,
the full Senate will have probably
voted and sent Souter to the Court.
We still won't know what this man
is about until he writes his first
opinion. We will not know how he
stands on abortion, perhaps the most
important issue facing the Court
today.
What we do know about Souter
from his decisions and testimony is
not much to go on. His knowledge
of modern law is impressive, as is
his recollection of important past
cases. Conservatives at the hearings
were disappointed to learn of
Souter's support for an active role
for Government and the Court in
protecting individual rights. The
Court, he said, has a duty to step in
when Congress fails to act in this
regard. Souter also showed himself
to be a broad, rather than strict
constructionalist. In other words,
Souter goes by the spirit of the
Constitution, not the letter.
This gave liberals a small sense of
hope, but not as much as they would
have liked. Souter failed to shed
any light on his views on
affirmative action or sex
discrimination. Many liberals
were quick to note that he could
easily support conservative
decisions in such cases without
contradicting any of his testimony.
Even more troubling to liberals, is
Souter's strong backing by the
ultra-conservative White House
Chief of Staff John Sununu.
Sununu told seveYal pro-life
groups that Souter could be
trusted. Contrasting this, if it's
worth anything, is that many of
Souter's close friends, such as
Senator Warren Rudmanis pro-
choice.
Many people maintain that a
nominee's ideological stance is
irrelevant to whether they should
be approved by the Senate. But
another criteria that nominees
should have is experience and
knowledge about major
constitutional issues — another
strike against David Souter. He
has had little experience and has
written very littleon constitutional
issues.
David Souter has demonstrated
himself to be a capable and
knowledgeable man and judge.
He has not, however, provided
any insights into his stances on
such important issues as abortion.
Sadly, the first time that we will
learn his views will be when he
writes his first opinion, and by
then it will be too late.
Letters to the Editor
Bowdoin looks worse than ever
To the Editor:
In response to the various letters
and editorials in last week's
Bowdoin Orient (9/21 /90), I would
like to offer another view of
Bowdoin College and its attempts
at change. After spending last
semester abroad and being away
from the Bowdoin experience, I can
safely say yes, Bowdoin has
definitely changed over the past
three years. Aside from the familiar
faces of friends, the old buildings,
and the same grey squirrels, I feel
like I no longer know this place.
Basically, Bowdoin is losing a great
deal of its unique attributes that
attracted me to enroll here in 1987.
For example, I was absolutely
appalled to hear that Bowdoin
College will adopt an A, B, C, D, F
grading scale in the fall of 1991. My
disgust at this decision to change
grows when I remember how the
HH, H P, F system was celebrated
for promoting a non-competitive
atmospherethat differed from other
more competitive, hence more
stressful, college campuses. One
major reason I chose Bowdoin was
the original grading system which
has allowed me to feel like I can be
comfortable in learning instead of
constantly worrying about my GPA.
The acceptance of this more
competitive and conformist system
is a further extension of the James
Bowdoin Day ceremony in which
James Bowdoin Scholars are
congratulated and paraded before
their peers as examples of what we
all could be. That is, if we had that
additional competitive drive. I
respect those students whose grades
reflect the amount of time and
energy they devote to their studies,
however, I have been hoping that
James Bowdoin Day would soon
fizzle out so students could do their
best work without feeling that there
is always someone doing better.
With this new grading system, I
realize that this feeling will soon be
intensified.
An additional problem I have
with Bowdoin's attempts to change
stems from Joseph Hughes"91 letter
saying he "was delighted to return
to a campus with different, more
diverse faces." I would really like to
know where Mr. Hughes was
looking, becausel have seen nothing
close to diversity on this campus
since I returned. Perhaps in my old
age I choose not to remember or
recognize all the new faces, but it
seems to me that faces are blending
together more than I can remember
in my earlier years at Bowdoin. I see
the same people with different
names, and I am speaking not only
of a lack of ethnic diversity, but of a
lack of people from varying
economic, regional and cultural
backgrounds.
With all this talk of change, I must
ask what is the motivation of the
administration to promote this type
of change? We are not becoming
diverse, we are becoming an ideal
example of mass conformity. The
educational experience is more than
just attending classes, and Bowdoin
College is losing that extra
experience that made this the place
I wanted to spend four years of my
life. Bowdoin College is becoming
just another frigid, expensive, small
liberal arts college in the heart of
New England . I do not like this fact,
and I hope that members of the
college community will think more
seriously about the direction they
are steering Bowdoin; preferably
before this axe of homogeneity
clears away more than the sacred
Bowdoin Pines.
Sincerely,
Jennifer H. Brookes '91
Holbrook needs anatomy lesson
To the Editor:
I wish to address a fundamental flaw of Herman F. Holbrooks's Catholic rationalization in last week's
Orient of the "pro-life" stance simply because I am so tired of believers of the infamous "Catholic doctrine"
telling me what my body is intended for reproductively and sexually. If sexual intercourse is only of a
"procreative purpose to which conjugal relations are primarily ordered," then why are women born clitori?
You would think that a graduate from from "an academic community" would know more about the human
body.
Sincerely,
Amy Coyle '93
The Bowdoin Orient
September 28, 1990 15
Letters to the Editor
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Devine and Sensationalist go too far
To the Editor:
This past Monday night I returned
to my room at what is now 14
College Street to find a copy of the
Sensationalist on my doorstep. One
particular piece was circled with a
red marker: "Zetes agree to divorce:
Some sheep stray from the flock" by
J.P. Devine, J.P. Burke and D.J.
Callan.
I am not familiar with the latter
twoauthors, however, I have always
been somewhat chummy with J. P.
Devine. J.P. has always impressed
me as an intelligent and open-
minded person, but after reading
his piece in this week's Sensationalist,
1 feel 1 may be forced to reevaluate
my opinions as to the quality of
J.P.'s character.
J.P. — You and I apparently have
a difference in opinion, but does
that mean I should be portrayed as
a blubbering idiot in your piece?
Granted, I may not be the next Linus
Pauling of the Biochemistry
Department, but I sure as hell can
compose a coherent sentence. Your
piece seems to imply otherwise. If
you opened your eyes (as well as
your mind) a bit, perhaps you would
notice that what we twenty-six Zetes
seek is not, "to play sports, talk
about 'babes/ drink beer and light
farts." We could just as easily
participate in these activities as some
co-ed dormitory with greek letters
over the door. J.P., tell me you've
never played sports, talked about
women, or sipped a bit of beer in
your four years at Bowdoin. Maybe
you've even tried to light a fart or
two.
So you disagree with our
opinions — does that force you to
disrespect us? Let us say that you
and I disagree upon the issue of
abortion. (And I seriously doubt we
do.) If I disagreed with your opinion,
I might tell you so, but I would most
certainly respect that opinion as
yours.
O.K., I know what your
thinking — "Man, take it easy. It was
an article in the Sensationalist, after
all. It's not supposed to be accurate;
it's supposed to be funny." I know it
is, J.P., but I think you went a bit too
far. I would have enjoyed the article
had it not been for the quote you
included. It doesn't require much
thought to connect the quote in your
piece to the quote in Lynn Warner's
piece in the Orient two weeks ago.
To anyone who hasn't met me yet, I
am visua lized as some lobotomized
meathead, because that is the way
you portrayed me.
I realize it must be difficult to
compose an accurate piece on a
subject you know virtually nothing
about. All the more reason to leave
it alone, isn't it?
Sincerely,
Eric C. Bandurski '91
President, Zeta Psi
Hall is misinformed
Learn policy on language
To the Editor: ,
Last year Bowdoin adopted a
gender-neutral language policy,
thereby abolishing the use of
certain sexist terms such as
freshman, mankind, and the use of
man /he to represent the whole.
An encouraging number of
students have embraced this
policy, particularly the first-year
students and new faculty
members. Unfortunately, we're
aware of people who both
consciously and unconsciously
continue to use gender-specific
terms. The faculty, as role models
for the students, should be
especially sensitive to this issue.
The hierarchical nature of faculty-
student relationships makes it
difficult for frustrated students to
correct their professors. This letter
is a plea for faculty, staff, and
students to have an increased
consciousness of an existing
Bowdoin policy.
Sincerely,
Becky Austin '91
Elizabeth Gilliland '91
This letter was signed by 40
additional students and staff, but due
to space limitations we are unable to
print their names.
To the Editor:
Upon finishing a piece of true
drivel written by a clearly
uninformed non-fratemity member,
Andy Hall (September 21 issue
"Frats must govern themselves...),
we felt absolutely unable to sit down
and allow such blither and blather,
and foamy stories, to go simply
unanswered.
Where should we begin? After
admitting that his only involvement
with fraternities has been attending
large parties, we find it odd that
Hall would now feel qualified to
serve as a versed expert on what
goes on when Saturday night isover .
Thus, his arguments about the
bonding which occurs between the
men and women of Bowdoin's
fraternities seems especially ironic.
Bonney reveals sexism
To the Editor:
In his letter last week Chad
Bonney made clear the sexism in his
decision to remain part of the all-
male Zete national, and yet
appeared surprised that he might
be labeled a sexist.
Bonney attempts to legitimate his
position by stating that he and , it is
implied, the other Zetes who stayed
with the national were "perfectly
content with the status quo: co-ed
membership with us [male Zetes]
still maintaining our ties to the
national Zeta Psi." Unfortunately,
the status quo — one group having
privileges denied another because
of gender — was sexist. There is no
other way to look at it. An
organization which denies
membership or limits privileges to
women is sexist, just as one which
denies membership or limits
privileges to African-Americans is
racist.
One doesn't have to be sexist to
be a member of a sexist institution,
but by doing so one is supporting
that institution and,therefore, the
sexism implicit in it. To my mind
someone who supports a sexist
institution legitimately may be
called a sexist. This may be the only
sexist act you ever perpetrate, but it
is just that — a sexist act.
Something all fraternities tend to
do in these situations is to blame the
administration. Zete is asking for
the right to discriminate within the
colleges jurisdiction, a right which
the college is justified in denying. I
wish you luck, Chad, but not your
organization.
Sincerely,
Chris Bull '92
Board delivers report
The following semesterly report from the Board of Sexual Harassment and
Assault was sent to President Robert Edwards in early September . At his
request it is reprinted here.
Dear President Edwards:
During the 1990 Spring Semester, six incidents of sexual harassment
on the Bowdoin campus were reported to the Chair of the Sexual
Harassment Board.The Board held formal hearings on two complain"
and the results of our adjudications were reported to the President
earlier in confidential letters. Two other complaints were resolved by
mediations arranged under the auspices of the Board. A fifth complaint
was acted upon administratively by the Office of the Dean of Students
with the agreement of all parties. A sixth complaint was discussed with
the Chair but the complainant chose not to request either a formal
hearing or a mediation session.
Sincerely,
Wells Johnson, Chair
Sexual Harassment Board
specious, and indeed extremely
insulting.
We can only hope that this letter
will do something to exorcise him
of his grossly misinformed views
regarding the relationships
between fraternity members, and
the bonds upon which those
relationships are based. Fraternity
members have much more to do
and discuss than partying and
achieving new states of
unconsciousness; how would he
respond to the presence in
fraternities of several members who
do not drink? We are not, as he
would have it, one-dimensional,
lobotomized robots who exist only
to "drink as much as, or more than,
humanly possible." Classes,
cultural interests, and sports are a
few example of conversation topics
we heard at dinner just last night. In
addition, his suggestion that
fraternity government involves
little more than how many kegs to
order, obviously ignores
community service, upkeep and
maintenance of the houses, and
relations with the college
community as a whole.
Indeed, when he goes so far as to
say that his suggestion is "in fact
the truth of the matter," he not only
strays dangerously close to
journalistic irresponsibility. But
also, he displays, with more
poignancy than we ever could, his
unfortunate ignorance of the
situation. In addition, the IFC has
made tremendous strides forward
in the last two years, and fraternities
should be commended on their
efforts to follow policy goals.
Furthermore, he fails to make any
mention of individual
responsibility. We can only exercise
so much control over others;
accountability ultimately must lie
with the individual. As many beside
us would tell Mr. Hall, fraternities
contribute a great deal to their
individual members, the College,
and the community. Thus, it is truly
sad when someone comes alongand
spouts forth meanspirited and
unfair criticism. His attack may be
palatable to some, but it ignores key
truths and substitutes in their place
uniformed speculation.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Gardner '92
Dan Rosenthal '92
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Alumnus agrees, alternatives needed
To the Editor:
I was especially interested in
the September 21 edition, and with
the letter entitled "Provide some
alternatives" written by Lance
Hickey '91 and Eileen Hunt '93.
When I was at Bowdoin 90
percent of my fellow
undergraduates were products of
the fraternity system, and I have
currently involved myself with the
Inter-Fratemity Council to try and
bea small part in finding a solution
to the woes that presently beset
the system. I do, however, agree
with Hickey and Hunt that there
seems to be no other alternative
"party" on a Saturday night at
Bowdoin. One has only to look at
the College Calendar for Saturday,
September 22 to find nothing other
than sporting events in the
afternoon.
Certainly it would be possible to
open the Foreign Language Lab,
one of the gyms and certainly the
Visual Arts Center so that, as Hickey
and Hunt suggest, there might be
constructive alternatives to those
who do not wish to "party."
I would also like the College to
consider the funding and
construction of a Performance
Arts Center in the space at the Old
Sargent Gym and Curtis Pool
which is "slated" for a future
Student Center. The increased
encouragement of performing
arts at a liberal arts institution is
paramount in my opinion.
Sincerely,
Donald D. Steele '50 ^
Key issue clarified
To the Editor:
Thanks to the Orient for
publishing several pieces on Sept.
21, 1990 regarding safety and
security and hope that your efforts
heightened the awareness of our
community to security and the idea
that everyone must participate in
maintaining a safe campus
environment.
We would like to clarify some
points that were raised regarding
Physical Plant and Security's actions
when Kim Maxwell reported the
loss of her keys.
Kim's lock was changed after she
reported her keys missing. She was,
unfortunately given the wrong
"new" key, required to operate the
new lock. To further complicate
matters, she did not discover the
error until 530 p.m. Friday evening
after Physical Plant Locksmiths
went home. None of this was her
fault and provisions now exist to
deal with such problems "after
hours."
Problematic is the editorial
statement that this "meant leaving
her door unlocked over the
weekend," which was not the case.
Kim was told that Security, while
unable to issue a key, would lock
and unlock her door as needed . The
Thompson Interns in Coles Tower
are also equipped with a master
key. Kim did call Security at least
two times for this service.
Inconvenient? Certainly, and we
regret the inconvenience There was
no need to leave the door unlocked,
however. The irony to all of this is
the fact that Kim Maxwell's original
keys were found at the Student
Union Desk this week!
Security and Physical Plant work
closely together on lock related
processes. Physical Plant installs
locks, issues keys and maintains
hardware while Security has input
on system design and issuance of
master keys. Last spring, the
number of unreturned keys rose to
an unacceptable level, prompting
us to invoke the charge for lock
replacement and therefore change
the lock when keys are not returned.
Important to both of us is that
members of the Bowdoin
community feel comfortable in
contacting us when there are
observations or suggestions that we
need to know. We want to provide
the best services possible.
Sincerely, s.
Michael S. Pander \
Director of Safety and Security
David N. Barbour
Director of Physical Plant
16 September 28, 199
Letters to the Editor
Diversity has many meanings
To the Editor:
I believe that in her article of Sept.
21, Karen Ed wards un fairly attacked
the ignorance of a first-year student
in her attempt to promote
"diversity" and "awareness" at
Bowdoin. 1 am also of the opinion
The Bowdoin Orient
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that Bowdoin is too homogeneous
and that we must change this, but
I'm afraid that we're beginning to
use the term diversity as a
euphemistic replacement for
minority. We need to recognize
more than one kind of difference
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I don't know the student Ms.
Edwards referred to, but her
ignorance could be a result of a
diverse background. Maybe she is
from a depressed, rural area, where
she never saw a Hispanic person,
where 9 out of 1 of her classmates'
parents were union, where, of the
students who chose the academic
high school over the vo-tech, 25
percent of her class continued their
education/training after
graduation, where an almost equal
percentage end up going the GED
rout (if you're not aware of what
this is, ask a diverse person), where
few people had heard of L.L. Bean
and not too many could locate
Maine on a map. That's where I'm
from, and I hope that Ms. Edwards
would not refuse me the
opportunity to study at this school
because my background, in its
difference from (and apparently
inferiority to) hers, did not make
me aware of all of the things people
from other backgrounds are aware
of.
So, in championing the cause if
d iversity at Bo wdoin, let's not forget
all the possibilities: socioeconomic,
racial, geographic, and cultural
differences, and people with
interests other that sports and
traditional majors. I hopel'vemade
a point, but if in doing so I've '
exposed the full force of my
ignorance, please enlighten me -
that's why I'm here. Thanks!
Sincerely,
Michele Witten '91
Does Hall really know?
To the Editor:
It pains me to see so much
attention given to Andy Hall's letter
in last week's Orient calling for the
abolishment of the fraternity system
at Bowdoin. He knows so little of
what he is talking about that his
remarks should be dismissed
offhand. Seeing that this isn't the
case, however, I have come up with
a few ideas fraternity members
should think about when
contemplating his remarks.
1. Think about Homecoming in
the future. While you're relaxing in
a house that holds fond memories
for you, talking to close friend s about
the old days and the way things
used to be, think about Andydriving '
home right after the football game
because he has no place to go.
2. Think about the fact that while
youcanhangoutafterdinner talking
with friends in your own dining
room, Andy gets kicked out of
Wentworth because they have to
clean up.
3. Think about being able to
provide your own entertainment
every weekend, while Andy has to
rely on the generosity of others.
4. Think about Andy ... no, let's
not. Let's forget him and what he
said. After all, we know the truth of
the situation and he obviously
doesn't.
Sincerely,
Alan Parks '91
Drive heads say thanks
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Bowdoin Blood
Drive Committee, we would like
to thank all 253 people who came
down to thedrive last Wednesday.
We were able to collect 208 units of
blood. When you realize that each
unit may be used to help as many
as five, but usually about three
people, you realize that in one day
the Bowdoin community saved
over 600 lives. «
Special thanks go the 52 first-
time donors who showed up that
day, to the proctors for their
assistance in sponsoring a dorm
vs. dorm contest and to the
fraternities for their inter- fraternity
contest. Congratulations to the
winners!
The committee pledges 205 units
for each drive. Thanks for helping
us reach that goal. We hope to
surpass it again at our next blood
drive on November 14.
We also wish to thank our
community sponsors, Dominos
Pizza, Ben & Jerry's and TCBY for
their help.
Sincerely,
Terry Payson '92
Amy Wakeman '91
Blood Drive Committee
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Large turnout
caps election
BYJULIENYOO
Orient Contributor
In one of the largest Executive Board elections in
recent years, approximately 700 students showed up
at the Moulton Union to vote on Monday.
This year's 25-person candidate pool was vastly
different than those of previous years. Elections were
unnecessary last year due to the lack of candidates.
The ten people-mostly first year students-who ran
that year Won by default. •
This year's election was impressive said Dan
Rosenthal, head of the elections committee, adding it
was an encouraging way to start the year.
The newly elected board also shows a great deal of
diversity.
'There was a good spread among the four classes,"
said . There was one senior; Gary Rothkopt, two
juniors; Gerald Jones and Mark Thompson, six
sophomores; Suzanne Gunn, Mark Schulze, Ara
Cohen, Ameen Haddad, Jim Carenzo and Rebekah
Eubanks, and five first year students; Sacha Bacro,
Noah Litton, John Ghanotokis, Rebekah Smith and
Romelia Leach.
At its first meeting, the board elected Suzanne
Gunn '93 as chair, Mark Thompson "92 as vice chair,
Rebekah Smith '94, recording secretary and Rebekah
Eubanks '93Public Relations officer.
The chair and the vice chair will serve as speakers
for the Bowdoin Student Body.
The Executive Board serves as a forum for student
opinion.
Bowdoin community reacts to German reunification
Teaching fellow expresses concern
BY BIRGIT SCHOTT
Orient Contributor
The following essay xoas written by
a teaching fellow from Mainz
University in Germany.
The re-unification of East and
West Germany raises countless
economic and administrative
problems. Yet, there is another side
to this: the people and their
individual problems-their
individual feelings.
I recently had the opportunity of
talking to a young twenty-one- year
old woman as we were travelling
together. She was out of the GDR
for the first time in her life, and she
became really nervous each time
we crossed a border. She seamed
pleased and startled at the same
time that no one even bothered to
look at her passport. I, in return,
would have been bothered had
someone really scrutinized mine.
Since we had enough time to talk,
she told me about her Job and it
turned out that she was a student as
well. At least she had once been
one. She had studied English for
two semesters. But then she had to
. . . it almost felt as
though I was
talking to someone
who spoke a foreign
language.
drop out, because she was told that
her voice was not strong enough to
become a good teacher. Since then
she has been working in a factory.
And here she was now, returning
from her first visit to a foreign
country, telling me about her
intention to start studying again.
When I asked her how she felt
now, she just gave a very general
answer without any personal
comment. Listening to her, I became
aware of the fact that she had never
been encouraged to express her
opinion frankly the way I had
always been.
What she said had puzzled me,
but the way she said it was even
more striking. Everything she said
sounded somewhat outdated and
she did not use any of the words
and phrases young people in the
western part of the country use.
Although I could understand every
single word, it almost felt as though
I was talking to someone who spoke
a foreign language. Her 'frozen' way
of speaking reminded me of old
movies and was a hint of the still
existing but invisible border
between the two parts of Germany.
Apart from the obvious
differences everybody is talking
about these days there are also
differences between the people
which we all will have to work on
for some time. This applies
especially to those who were born
after the wall had been built in 1 961 ,
and who always identify
themselves with the part of the
country in which they lived.
A common weather report in the
evening news was not able to
prevent young people in the two
Germanys from perceiving the
distance between them. They are
deeply rooted in either the
American or the eastern culture.
The off icial re-unification, therefore,
can only be the start of a real re-
unification, which is yet to come.
Cafferty sees celebration
BY JOHN VALENTINE
Orient Staff
While the world watched the
reunification of East and West
Germany from a distance, Helen
Cafferty of Bowdoin's German
department witnessed first hand the
jubilation of a people divided for
over forty-five years.
"It was something like New Year's
Eve and Times Square only a
thousand times more," said Cafferty
of the fireworks and festivities in a
phone interview with Scott Hood of
the Public Relations office.
In Germany for a semester-long
study of the effect of reunification
on the arts, Cafferty was most struck
by the peacefulness of the October 3
festivities in Berlin. "Everbody who
was on the street was determined to
celebrate going forward; nobody
wants to go back... The feeling was
very hopeful and very peaceful."
"1 drank East German champagne
last night and West German today,
but I suppose now, it's all German
champagne," said Cafferty in an
interview with the Times Record, the
same morning.
"There were people from all over
the world and most of them were
happy to see the two Germanys
together again. ", Cafferty said. She
felt that one of the most moving
moments of the night was the
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• . •
German unification raises questions from citizens
Cato Kemmler shows concern for his country as two Germanys unite
BYMARKJEONG
Orient News Editor
September 2 will be a date that
future history students will have to
memorize.
The two Germanys which were
divided by political differences re-
unified relatively quickly. While
some praised the cooperation by
the two ideologically different
countries, some questioned whether
a re-unification was a good idea.
Cato Kemmler '93 is a West
German citizen attending Bowdoin.
Orient What do you think about
the German re-unification?
Kemmler I'm very happy that
the cold war between the East and
the West has finally come to a halt.
The next decade will be important
for the European continent and I
hope that the reunified Germany
will be a symbol for peace, rather
than a threat. I am certainly glad for
the East German people to be able to
experience democracy. The process
of reunification is, however,
advancing too rapidly.
During the 3 months I spent at
home this summer, I found that most
of my friends do not feel secure
about the reunification. By looking
at the problems from a selfish, short
term point of view, the reunification,
in general, doesn't appeal to the
West Germans.
A serious matter such as this
should take more planning and
should slowly incorporate East
Germany and West Germany. The
two governments and the people of
the two countries should have
scrutinized all aspects of the re-
unification.
Opening up the border was nice
for incorporating the East and the
West, but not enough time to
complete this synopsis.
Orient: What do you mean by not
having enough time to complete this
synopsis?
Kemmler West Germany is the
dominant state in the unification
and more time should have been
given to West Germany in order for
them toadapt to this system. It seems
to me that the East German citizens
thought they could become as
wealthy as the West Germans in
such short time
When you take into consideration
all the complications which
inevitably result when you attempt
to amalgamate two different
countries, I think re-unified
Germany will have to go through
some difficult times in the next 5
years. Mostly in the economic and
social sector.
As I mentioned, when I went
home this summer, I felt a lot of
disco mention towards the East
Germans, especially in the working
class.
Orient: What do you mean you
felt a lot of hatred towards the East
Germans? Where do you think this
hatred originated?
Kemmler Once the labor market
gets thoroughly integrated. West
Germans not only have to compete
with the Turks, they ha ve to compete
with the East German also. I think
this will cause social conflict.
Orient: When you were home,
was this feeling noticeable?
Kemmler For the three months I
was home, the tension was
noticeable. Expanding on the social
and economic implications of the
re-unification, I see this happening.
When new working possibilities are
established, the social difficulties
will eventually dissolve, but the
economic problems will be there.
The West German government
has to finance the majority if not the
entirecost of unification. Within the
next decade when the Eastern
working standards adapt to the
western standards, re-unified
Germany will evolve into an
economic power that supercedes
European economic countries.
In the short run, it will cause a lot
of economic and social problems,
but in the long run, the re-unified
Germany will become an economic
superpower.
Orient: Don't you think this is
good? It seems that the overall
outcome of the re-unification will
help Germany.
Kemmler: Once Germany
establishes its power in Central
Europe, history proved that it
becomes a hostile power. This will
probably mean that neighboring
countries will fear the re-unified
Germany. This fear might cause
more aggression within the
European nations.
I'm not an expert on European
Kemmler voices his concern as the East and the West Re-unite. Photo
by Chris Strassel.
[
international relations, but as a West
German citizen, I see a lot of
problems arising by the unifications
that may or may not be solved in the
future. I trust my government to do
everything in its power to make this
unification a peaceful one.
Let's put it this way, in 40 years
the divided Germany has been
somewhat a balance of power within
Europe. With the re-unification and
the rise of the new super-power
country, having this big power bloc
in Central Europe will offset the
balance of power.
Only the future can show us the
outcomes of this unification.
Orient: What do you think the
overall outcome will be?
Kemmler: It might cause
Germany a lot of good. We don't
know what the future holds for us.
15 million people have been added
to the west and that's all we
know...This might cause lots of
problems or it might be the greatest
thing ever. But what happens in the
future is beyond my imagination.
German reunification
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performance of Russian folk
music and folk songs by the
Soviet army band.
Cqfferty noted while many East and West
Germans had hope for the future, they also
expressed concern about economic survival. ,
• There were an estimated one
million Germans in Berlin for the
midnight ceremonies. According
to the Times Record, only "about
fifty people were arrested for
fighting or other infractions."
Cafferty noted while many East
and West Germans had hope for
the future, they also expressed
concern about economic survival.
East Germans fear widespread
unemployment in the future as
western industries edge out their
East German counterparts. "East
Germans want to support theirown
economy but they don't have the
capital to compete with West
German firms," Cafferty told the
Times Record. The loss of East
German social policies such as
maternity leave and child care
programs also concerned some.
Cafferty spoke about the East
German people's desire to
experience and assimilate to
Western culture.
"The greatest hunger in East
Germany is for travel... Only those
people who were athletes, artists,
intellectuals, or members of the
party could travel," Cafferty
observed.
Because East Germany had access
to West German television and
radio, "They [the East Germans]
knew a lot, but they never got to see
it first hand. People talked about
West Germany as a fantasy... So the
greatest hunger is to break out of
this provincialism.'"
One negative aspect Cafferty
noticed about reunification is a
cultural sense of loss in East
Germany now that artistic
pursuits will no longer be
funded entirely by the
government.
'There is a sense of loss
among [East German 1 artists
and intellectuals who, for the
first time in their lives, will now
have to worry about money...
People with whom I only talked
about art and what was going
on in theater and. who was
writing what and who was
thinking what, are now asking
How am I going to pay for
this,' or How am I going to
work my taxes.'"
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October 5, 1990 3
Congressional candidates debate their platform issues
BY DANA M. STANLEY
Orient Staff
Congressional politics came to
Bowdoin last night as Republican
Dave Emery and Democrat Tom
Andrews debated in Kresge
Auditorium. The two men are
hoping to win the First District
congressional seat vacated by
Democrat Joseph Brennan, who is
running for governor.
Andrews is a state senator from
Portland and a Bowdoin alumnus.
Emery held the House seat from
1976 to 1982, whenheunsuccessfully
ran for U. S. Senate.
The debate was broadcast
statewide on public television and
radio.The first question concerned
the recent budget compromise
between Congress and President
Bush. Andrews criticized the
proposal, saying it hurts the elderly
through medicare cuts and the
middle class through gasoline tax,
which he called a "paycheck tax."
Emery also criticized the package
for raising heating oil taxes and
cutting medicare. He said he
believes it will and should be voted
down and renegotiated. Congress
has "not chosen to look at the
alternatives," he said.
Emery praised the Reagan and
Bush administrations' supply-side
economic policies, citing the creation
of eight million jobs. Andrews
countered that most of those jobs
are low-paying, with 60% paying
less than $10,000 per year.
In the area of defense spending,
both candidates saw the need to
reassess spending priorities.
Andrews said that cuts in
"unnecessary spending" are needed
to reduce the budget deficit,
especially in response to the "new
post-Cold War world."
Emery acknowledged the need
for cuts in Cold War weapons such
as the MX missile and Trident
submarines. He credited Reagan's
strong defense spending for "getting
the attention of the Soviet Union"
and leading the way to such cuts
and arms reductions talks.
Emery said he would support a
line-item veto because it would give
the president the power to cut
excessive amendments out of
legislation. Andrews disagreed,
saying the the president would use
Wellness House thrives on its philosophy
BY DEBBIE WEINBERG
Orient Contributor
The Wellness House, occasionally
referred to as the "dry house", is
often perceived as a retreat for those
who want to live "well", a term
disdained even by Wellness House
proctor Dan Coursey. This image
has given rise to rumors of
clandestine smoking and drinking
due to a prevalent Bowdoin
sentiment that after an academically
stressful week, students can't
unwind without "help".
Coursey would like to dispel all
of these myths. "The Wellness
House is not about not having any
fun... it's living your own life... in a
unique and pleasant atmosphere."
The twenty-five students who
reside there are from all four classes,
and each of them made the decision
to live at the Wellness House. They
all voluntarily signed a pledge to
abide by the house rules which
include not smoking in the house,
abstinence from drugs, and no
drinking in common house spaces.
In addition, at the beginning of the
year the residents had several
meetings at which they set
guidelines for behavior throughout
the year. Respect of others' space,
moderation, and consideration were
determined to be key factors for
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As for the rumors that people at
the Wellness House smoke and
drink — they're true, but this does
not involve the evil overtones
associated with the rumor.
Residents are not forbidden to
smoke or drink, they are merely not
to do so on house premises.
Coursey would like students to
view the Wellness House not as an
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regular Bowdoin life." He wishes to
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The candidates' views also
differed on the Persian Gulf crisis.
Emery praised the "genius" of
President Bush in rapidly building
a coalition of support for economic
sanctions against Iraq. He said that
such cooperation will help the U.S.
in future foreign policy objectives
in light of changing economic
competition and post-Cold War
"reallignments in allegiances."
Andrews said he supports United
Nations-led military pressure and
economic embargo. But he criticized
the nation's leaders for lack of
"backbone" for allowing the crisis
to happen. He said that the
"fundamental underlying causes"
of the crisis are "diplomatic
bungles," foreign oil dependency,
and fuel hieffiency.
Andrews said that he is "going to
make this country energy -efficient ."
He emphasized a need for stronger
gas-mileage requirements. He also
cited the need for a stronger
infrastructure and proposed a
publically-supported nationwide
railway system.
Emery said that any such system
must be funded by private
enterprise. He preferred to deal with
theenergy problem by emphasizing
conservation and by increasing
domestic output in resources such
as geothermal energy, shale, anc
coal.
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programs designed to provide the
students with interesting options
for controlling stress and reducing
the blowout syndrome.
In September, there was a highly
successful workshop on massage
therapy which attracted two
hundred people on the first night.
In future months, workshops are
planned which will teach meditation
and sign language. There will be
non-smoking seminars conducted
by staff members, and a group is
forming of students for a positive
body image.
Coursey, "a proctor and then
some", is working with ideas
involving stress management, panel
discussions, a resource library, and
"fun stuff" — crystal healing,
astrology, and dinners with
international clubs. All of these
programs are open to students,
faculty, staff, and the Bowdoin
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address students, parents, faculty,
and others during ceremonies
marking the 49th annual James
Bowdoin Day at Bowdoin College,
Friday, October 12, at 3:15 p.m. in
Morrell Gymnasium. Tarnoff's
address is titled American Foreign
Policy in a World Transformed. During
theceremonies,theCollege will also
honor 248 students for outstanding
academic achievement. The public
is welcome.
Tarnoff has been president of the
New York-based Council on Foreign
Relations since April 1, 1986. The
Council is a private organization
that studies problems in United
States Foreign policy and aims to
develop new approaches to, and an
understanding of, international
relations. Established in 1921, the
Council has over 1,800 members
selected for their expertise in foreign
affairs.
Prior to assuming his position at
the Council, Tarnoff was executive
directorof the World Affairs Council
of Northern California, and
president of the International
Advisory Corporation in San
Francisco.
Educated at Colgate University,
the University of Chicago, and the
University of Paris, Tarnoff was a
career Foreign Service officer from
1 961 until 1 982. He served abroad in
Nigeria, Vietnam, France, West
Germany, and Luxembourg. From
1965 to 1969, he was special assistant
to Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
in Saigon, Bonn, Paris, and
^Security trained to handle
sexual assault incidents
BY BECKY RUSH
Orient Contributor
Michael Pander, the Director of
Bowdoin Security, describes his
department as a "service
organization which cares about
the community.'' Each officer has
been extensively trained in several
areas, including sexual
harassment and rape. Louann
Bums, a campus officer for ten
years, claims that since Pander has
come to Bowdoin, training on
sexual assault has been clearly
emphasized, and the methods of
training are much more effective.
She says, "There seems to be
constant training." Pander has the
utmost confidence in his officers'
abilities to deal with sexual assault
cases.
Each year, there are several
conventions held all over the
United States which focus on
campus violence. Students are
invited and encouraged to attend
a number of these conventions.
Bowdoin sends a delegation to
several of the training conventions.
Each member of the Security
Department must go through a
session of Basic Reserve Officers
Training, where a more basic
approach to sexual assault is
learned. At Bowdoin, however,
there is also a series of ln-house
sessions, which separate specific
cases. Each year, Pander invites
his former collegue from the
University of Connecticut, Alice
Carberry, for specific training in
sexual assault, including
investigative techniques and role
playing. Carberry has a one
hundred per cent conviction rate,
without bringing a victim to trial.
The Department of Security
could be more widely utilized as a
service towards victims of sexual
assault. Louann Burns wanted to
emphasize that when reporting a
sexual assault, it "makes no
difference whether you report it
to a male or a female. {Each
member of thedepartment J knows
exactly what he or she is doing."
Mr. Pander also stated that the
sooner an assault is reported, the
better chance there is of catching
the assailant: 'The victim of a rape
should talk to someone and seek
help. Even if he or she does not
want to report it directly to
security, it is extremely important
that I we) find out about Ithe
incident] in some way." The
Security Department can then be
aware of the more "problemed
areas," and patrol them more
frequently.They can also "redirect
their resources;" for example,
install another emergency
telephone in that area.
When a victim contacts security,
the .basic procedures are as
follows: The officer first makes
sure that the victim is safe. Then,
the victim may choose an
alternative which he or she
decides in an unhurried fashion.
Security can facilitate the
processes of medical care,
psychological care, consultation
with the Bath/Brunswick Rape
Crisis Center, consultation with
the college administration (for
example, the Dean, if there are
concerns with either living
arrangements or academics), or
the legal system. Pander stresses
that the choice is the victim's;
calling security does not bind the
victim to any decision of action,
but rather it is another system of
support.
The 1988 edition of the
publication Crime in the United
States, reported three cases of
"forcable rape" in the town of
Brunswick that year. Two years
prior, there had been only one.
The Rape Crisis Center would not
accept this data as an accurate
account of actual assaults. At
Bowdoin, victims need not fear
that Security will force legal action
upon them. It is completely up to
the victim to take action.
The Bowdoin Department of
Security encourages all victims of
sexual harassment or assault to
utilize their services; they are
trained to support victims who
seek services of any kind.
Washington, D.C. He participated
in the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam
in 1969. From 1977 until 1981,
Tarnoff was special assistant to
Secretaries of StateCyrus Vanceand
Edmund Muskie.
The student address, Rejections
on a Liberal Arts Education, will be
delivered by Sara Jane Shanahan of
(9 Winthrop Road) Wellesley, Mass.,
a senior with a major in Economics.
A graduate of Wellesley Senior High
School, she is a dean's list student,
has earned high honors in her
studies and is a James Bowdoin
Scholar
Marilyn Fredey '91 of (1529
Pelican Point Drive) Sarasota, Fla., a
senior majoring in psychology, will
serve as marshal of the exercises. A
grad uate of Ri verview High School,
she is a dean's list student who has
earned high honors in her studies.
Co-captain of the 1990-91 women's
indoor track team, Fredey is an All-
American athlete in both cross
country and outdoortrack who holds
the Bowdoin indoor track record in
the 3,000 meter run with a time of
10:16.67.
The Bowdoin Brass Quintet will
perform Sonata Die
Bankelsangerlieder by Daniel Speer
as the processional, and Sigfried
Karg-Elert's Praise the Lord with
Drums and Cymbalsas the recessional.
James Bowdoin Scholars were first
recognized in 1941 for their
excellence in scholarship and to
commemorate the Honorable James
Bowdoin 111(1752-1811), the first
patron of the College.
Peter Tamoff will deliver the
JBS speech.
Sexual harassment counseling offered
BY EUSA BOXER
Orient Asst. News Editor
Values. Everyone retains his/her
own individual set upon arrival at
an academic institution. Some are
mainstjream, while others challenge
modern societal foundations.
"Those with advocacy [values] may
thinkmy position is too soft. Others,
with conservative norms, probably
think that to even create a position
like this is too extreme."
The position in question bears the
title of Sexual Harassment Issues
Coordinator, and the woman behind
it is Anne Underwood . From serving
for the past two years on the school' s
sexual harassment board,
Underwood knew that "we simply
were not hearing everything." There
was a need for something else; a
need for the implementation of some
other system to co-exist alongside
the highly formalized structure of
the board.
Because of this, a system which
not only benefits students, but
faculty and staff members of the
Bowdoin community as well, was
created. Access to education and
information on every aspect of
sexual harassment provides the
basis for program's structure - from
the formal discipline of offenders to
discreet, informal and easily
accessible remedies for victims. Its
premise is the acknowledgement
and publicity of a complete variety
of options.
The informal option includes
consultation with the counseling
staff, PRSG members, Ms.
Underwood herself, or the faculty/
staff sexual harassment advisors.
Professor Randy Stakeman is one
such advisor. "We're dealing with
something that's based on different
principles of education. People can
talk to me generally or specifically.
But this needs to be done." says
Stakeman of his position.
This informal set of options also
includes the decision not to take any
action at all.
The second set of options are
Administrative, and they include
seeking the aid of any one of the
Deans or, in the case of employees,
the personnel director. The third
alternative calls for the formal
execution of the Sexual Harassment
Board's fact-finding manner of
operation: the hearing.
Although Underwood instituted
the structure, with the knowledge
that similar programs have
produced effective results at
institutions such as Harvard, Yale
and MIT, she insists "It's the system,
not me. It's a system that is evolving,
and wants response."
Sexual harassment, according to
Underwood, is based on power
imbalance. Although an individual
may appear to be making his/her
own decision regarding a particular
situation, it may be a choice they are
coerced into making - either by a
fellow stud ent,a professor, or, in the
severe case of sexual assault, an
assailant.
The purpose of this system is to
assist people in figuring out which
course of action they really want to
pursue; to help those with less power
feel in control.
"We don't want to make people
feel guilty if they don't want to
address their issue right away, or
even if they don't feel like
addressing it at all," Underwood
says, "Butif they do wish todiscuss
their issue, we want them to know
there's an informal channel to help
people decide what to do."
There is one aspect of. sexual
harassment, however, that cannot
be dealt with informally: discipline
in rape cases always follows the
formal hearing procedure, or is
dealt with administratively by the
Deans.
When questioned as to how
Bowdoin compares to other
institutions in terms of its level of
awareness on sexual harassment
issues, Underwood labelled the
college "concerned in comparison
to many aspects of the business
world, but not necessarily as
sensitive as we should be in regard s
to the standards of the academic
world. This is an academic
institution. We are supposed to be
intentional in our thinking about
how our actions will affect other
people. Therefore, we must hold
ourselves to a higher standard of
sensitivity than might be found in
other organizations or enterprises."
Knowledge and awareness are
essential components of sensitivity.
And with the education and
information currently available to
all members of the Bowdoin
community, this higher lev«l of
sensitivity could stand easily within
reach if the community chooses to
participate in the process.
Volunteer.
Community Note
All students, faculty, and staff will be receiving in their mail next week a red brochure entitled: Sexual
Harassmenb A shared Community concern The College is required by Federal statute to make its policy
known to all members of the community. Each person is expected to read, understand, and uphold the spirit
of the policy. Questions about the brochure's contents or about experiences relating to sexual harassment
should be directed to Anne Underwood, Sexual Harassment Issues Coordinator, or to one of the other people
listed in the brochure.
The Johnson House, located across from campus on Maine Street, is currently vacant due to the president's
decision to live on College Street. Because of this vacancy, two upper class students are needed to be house
sitters there. The students will get a private bedroom and bathroom but should be on full board (or full board
without breakfast) as limited cooking will be allowed. House sitters must also be willing to assist at some
planned College events scheduled for evenings and weekends. More information and applications are
available at Ana Brown's office on the third floor of Hawthorne-Longfellow. Applications are due to Ana
Brown by 5pm on Thursday, October 11, 1990.
Next Wednsday night at 8pm in Dagget Lounge, a small informational meeting will be held describing study
away programs for next fall and spring. Any student interested in studying away should attend. The
International Club will have tables set up there with descriptions from students who have already been away
and want to share their experiences.
The Bowdoin Orient
October 5, 1990
Brunswick mourns the loss of police officer
Police officers from departments across the state gathered yesterday at Farley Field House for the funeral of one of their own. James D. Swint of teh Brunswick Police died Monday
night from injuries he received in a car accident. Swint, who was on duty at the time, was thrown from his cruiser after the car door, to which the seatbelt was attached, was knocked
open. Photo by Jim Sabo.
Locals and Bowdoin students relationship observed
BY JAMESON TAYLOR
Orient Contributor
Townie. Immediately the label
conjures up images of missing bikes,
stolen car stereos, and long-haired,
mindless punks. While there are
occasional conflicts between
Bowdoin students and Brunswick
youth, the stereotype is in many
ways false.
According to the residents
themselves, they can be classified as
a group of local youths who often
congregate on the mall (the open,
grassy area on Maine Street, across
from 7-11.)
Not all of Brunswick's youth are
townies; that's what makes being
one so special. No previous prison
record is required, no secret
initiation involving the sacrifice of
an unaware Bowdoin student is
necessary. They are merely a group
of Brunswick locals who just like to
hang out with their friends.
Many of the tensions that exist
between Bowdoin students and
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these local adversaries are based
upon erroneous perceptions and
mis-guided attitudes. Many
residents feel they are looked down
upon because they are different.
1 feel insulted," commented one
representative of the Brunswick
population. They (Bowdoin
students) think we have no
ambition, and I resent that." Another
disgruntled local added, 'They see
I have long hair and they condemn
me for it. They don't know me."
Furthermore, a majority of townies
complain that some of Bowdoin's
students are, "stuck-up and
unfriendly."
Despite such feelings, the locals
expressed a sincere desire to
overcome the hostilities present
between students and locals. "I think
Bowdoin is excellent,"
complimented one youth. "I wish
we could get along, work as a
community, work as a team-not
against each other," suggested
another concerned individual.
It is true that students' attitudes
towards Brunswick locals are not
entirely unfounded. Bowdoin
Security reports that there have,
indeed, been recent harassment
cases of Bowdoin students by
Brunswick youth.
S
Likewise there have been
complaints by townies of violence
initiated by Bowdoin students.
These include an accusation by an
individual who claims to have been
assaulted by a band of six Bowdoin
students. Said one youth, "There is
ignorance everywhere you go. But
that's not everybody. . . only a small
group."
In lieu of the present ban on
campus-wides, it seems likely that
more students will be making use of
Brunswick's limited entertainment
facilities. Thus, there is a definite
need on the part of students to be
aware of the feelings' of the local
population. Michael Pander,
Director of Security at Bowdoin,
feels that, "While there is potential
for strained relations, it doesn't have
to cause problems...the animosity
can be prevented by students
presenting themselves as real
people-not promoting the
stereotype." Observed one less
optimistic local youth, "If attitudes
don't change, there will be more
fights."
Joshuas tavern
121 A Maine Street
Brunswick, ME
(207) 725-7981
New Extended Hours^
for the downstairs bar
Join us for Monday Night
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Serving 'Breakfast, Lunch, andlHnner
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Serving beer, wine and spirits 'til 1 am
Live Entertainment this weekend .
Fri 5-7:30 Craig Perry
Fri&Sat 9-12:30 The Falcons
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Brunswick
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Pauline & Sam (Bowdoin '66) invite you to visit them at...
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Quality floral service for all occasions.
Balloon bouquets, fruit and junk food baskets, Holland
flowers, plants, dried and silk arrangements.
Wire service We 'Denver
Major credit 149 Maine St. Open 6 days
cards accepted
Tontine Mall, Brunswick
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Mountain Bikes!...
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Sundays at 10am or
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7:30 & 10:00 p.m. film. 7he Man Who Would Be King. Smith Auditorium.
Saturday, October 6, 1990
7:30 & 10:00 p.m. Film. Breaker Morant. Smith Auditorium.
8:00 p.m. Concert. Artie Show's Swing Band. Chocolate Church. Bath. 442-8455.
Sunday, October 7 , 1990
Monday, October 8, 1990
7-30 o m L^™ e A A/ ° me * ^ ** Jean-Jacques Annaud film. Smith Auditorium
7:30p.m. Film. My fleouWU Laundrette. Language Media Center. Sills Hall.
Tuesday, October 9, 1990
Spfe^* 1 "*' American Art and American uterature *** (see Monda y' s listina for
7:30 p.m. Perfoimance and slideshow. Walkin' Jim Stoltz sings of his own home in th« \mih iwu*
and speaks of his diverse travels walking The Great Divide. Sesge A^° m Visual ^Center
Wednesday, October 10, 1990
S^SKJS " Printmakin9: Process and Meaning -" Mark We,h,i ' ■"«• professor of
HH *r :0 ° P ' m ' ^ ^ °" ** P/ °' n ° n JOPaneSe With SUbWles) ' »«0e Auditorium. Visual Arts
7:30 p.m. Concert. Fortunato-McCarty-Christie, music trio Kresae Auditorh .m vie, ,„i a* ,-
xrr ■"* tow * san m and American ^-^^
Thursday, Oc t o b e r 1 1 , l 9 9 ol
3: 1 5 -5: 1 5 p.m. Music in England Lecture Series "Nin^t^n+h r-^+
Freeman, professor of music. The C^^toJ^Sa^S^^^ H ° nde '-" Mar 9 aref
7:30 p.m. Lecture. "The Paradox of Heterosexual Women and^T f** " V'
Patton. who is a member of the faculty of Amhe*ri Co°™ge ' k QIVen by author Cind V
The Bowdoin Orient
October 5, 1990 ?
The Bowdoin Orient
ARTS 6i ENTERTAINMENT
New York artist lectures at Bowdoin
BY NANCY ECKEL
Orient Arts Editor
The last lecture she gave, people
rioted.
But last Thursday night in Kresge
Auditorium when Howardena
Pindell, a well-known
contemporary artist spoke, the
crowd was far from riotous. In fact,
the audience was very receptive.
Pindell, a New York artist and
professor, vividly explained the
reasoning behind her work. She
claims that her artistic source is her
life experience.
Born in Philadelphia in 1943,
Howardena Pindell grew up with a
strong inclination toward drawing
and painting. In fact, the first work
that she presented to the audience
was painted when she was sixteen
years old. Pindell graduated from
Boston University with a BFA and
then pursued her art in graduate
school at Yale.
Pindell suggested that both her
elite education and her work
experience at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art have strongly
influenced the direction of her art
work
Most of her paintings concern
autobiographical themes
intertwined with political issues.
Pindell' s early works, described as
"neuter" and "impersonal," dealt
with television images and paper
which was cut, sewn back together,
and then painted.
In 1979 Pindell was in a bad
automobile accident, which
traumatized her psychologically as
well as physically. She lost part of
her memory and also suffered hip,
neck, and head injuries.
"Confronting death does things to
you and so you put yourself on the
line." As a result of the accident,
Pindell's work changed
dramatically. She pointed out that
the colors in her paintings became
significantly brighter from the
neutral tones she had previously
been using. In the post-accident
works Pindell also included
children's toys and other festive
objects. Perhaps these works
suggest that in a way Pindell was
using her art as a means of
celebrating life.
Another method of recovery for
Pindell was to use postcards that
she had collected to jolt her memory.
She cut the postcards in sections
and then applied them to the canvas
with the image painted in between.
This practice was further influenced
by her Far East experience. In 1981
Pindell moved to Tokyo for a year
and then lived in India for a brief
period. Pindell claims that Kabuki
Theater and the bright colors
involved impressed her greatly.
Upon her return to the States,
Pindell embarked on a series
entitled "Autobiography." In these
works the artist includes her
traumas of childhood abuse and
her automobile accident. Her
"Autobiography: Water/
Ancestors/Middle Passage/
Family Ghosts" (1988) makes
distinct references to her ancestral
heritage and current personal
issues. Pindell began to moveaway
from her early non-objective pieces
in preference for distinguishable
shapes and figures. In many of these
autobiographical pieces Pindell
symbolically includes images of
eyes, faces, and whole body figures.
In fact, Pindell indicated that one
of her works even purposely
incorporates her own blood.
Similarly, words and written
phrases are an important aspect of
these collages, addressing
problems of racism and gender
discrimination.
Pindell does not only work in the
medium of painting, but has also
produced a video, 'Tree, White and
21" (1980), now showing in the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This
video has been very controversial,
in that it openly reveals her racist
experiences as a black female artist.
Pindell has also recently completed
a lengthy article addressing issues
of racism and censorship, published
in the October issue of the New Art
Examiner.
Pindell is an artist who offers
much inspiration, for she has
utilized her art in such a way as to
conquer her own inner problems
and to make a commentary on
society at large. Pindell ended her
lecture with some advice: "When
we make choices we are being
influenced by propaganda. We
must continue to be conscious of
realities so that we are not
victimized and manipulated."
Take a fall nature walk
The Maine Audubon Society
invites you to turn a fall stroll
through the woods into a
fascinating learning experience.
From September 25 through
November 16, the Maine Audubon
Society will be running a program
at Mast Landing Sanctuary,
Freeport, entitled SecretsoftheForest.
Trained naturalist guides will
introduce school groups and others
to forest and wildlife ecology
during the 1 and 1/2 hour walks
which are offered Tuesday through
Friday at the sanctuary. Each walk
features hands-on exploration of
topics such as plant and animal
adaptations, forest succession.
animal signs, migration, and bird
study. Introductory materials are
made available prior to the walks.
Advance reservations for Secrets
of the Forest walks are required. For
more information, contact Carol
LeMere, Maine Audubon Society,
118 U.S. Rt. 1, Falmouth, Maine
04105. Telephone 781-2330.
Howardena Pindell speaks in Kresge Auditorium. Photo by Jim Sabo
Chocolate Church
Film Series
.The Center for the Arts at
the Chocolate Church is
offering a classic films
series. Films arescheduled
to be shown every other
Thursday from 7:30 to 9-.30
p.m. beginning in October
and running through
November 29. There is no
chargeforadmission to the
series. The Chocolate
Church is located at 804
Washington Street, Bath,
Maine. For more
information caU 442-8455.
Films included in the series
are.
The
October 18:
Philadelphia Story
(1940, B&VW112 minutes)
Witty comedy starring
Katherine Hepburn, Cary
Grant and James Stewart.
November 1: An American
In Paris
(1951, color, 113 minutes)
Winner of seven Academy
Awards, including best
picture. It stars Gene Kelly
and Leslie Caron.
November 15: Gone With
The Wind
(1939, color, 222 minutes)
Civil War epic starring
Vivien Leigh and Clark
Gable. Winner of ten
Oscars.
November 29: The
Magnificent Seven
(1960, color, 126 minutes)
Yul Brynner heads the cast
of future stars.. .Steve
McQueen, Charles
Bronson, Robert Vaughn,
and James Coburn.
Visit the two historic houses
of Brunswick, Maine
BY NANCY ECKEL
Orient Arts Editor
The town of Brunswick is very
fortunate to have two historic houses
so well preserved as museums: The
Skolfield-Whittier House and the
Joshua Chamberlain House. In fact,
the Skolfield-Whittier is unique as a
completely unrestored house with
all of its original furnishings.
Although the Chamberlain House
has been occupied by many different
people aside from Joshua, both
museums represent a continuum of
many time periods.
The construction of the Skolfield-
Whittier House was originally
funded by Captain George Sko lfield
in 1 857. This seaman built the double
house for his two sons Alfred and
Samuel. The northern half of the
structure, owned by Samuel has
changed hands several times, and is
now used by the Historical Society
for exhibition galleries and offices.
The southern part of the house,
however, has been occupied by
Alfred and his descendants, the
Whittier family.
Each side of the house contains
sixteen rooms, which were
originally identical. In the 1880' s,
however, the Skolfield's oversaw
much renovation to their side of the
house, thus making it distinct from
its twin.
After the house was originally
constructed, Alfred and his family:
wife, Martha and children, Eugenie
and Marie, moved to England for
eighteen years. It was upon their
return that they decided to update
the house to the latest fashions. The
house still contains the
paraphernalia from before the
modernization.
When Eugenie married Dr. Frank
Whittier, her family became the
central occupants of the house on
Park Row. Frank was a student at
Bowdoin, graduated, and then
taught at the medical school there.
He eventually became a very
prestigious doctor in the state of
Maine, especially in the field of
forensics. Frank and his wife,
Eugenie had three daughters, Isabel,
Alice, and Charlotte (who died at
the age of nine). The two older
daughters, however, both
graduated from Bryn Ma wr College
and had successful careers of their
own, respectively in education and
medicine. In fact, Alice was the first
female pediatrician to practice in
the state of Maine.
After Frank's death in 1924,
Eugenie and her two daughters
moved to Portland, only staying in
the house for weekends and
vacations. Eugenie and Isabel have
since passed away, but Alice still
lives in Portland and comes
frequently to Brunswick to visit her
old homestead. In 1982, Alice
Whittier generously donated the
house to the Pejepscot Historical
Society, for its protection and use
as a museum.
The Joshua Chamberlain House,
on the other hand, has had a very
different history from the Skolfield-
Whittier House. The house itself
has had major renovations, so that
it is not at all recognizable from the
original. When Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow and his bride resided
in the house it was located on Potter
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The Chamberlain House as it was on Potter Street
1*1
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Street. The house was moved to its
present lot at 226 Maine Street in
1867, when General Chamberlain
became the owner. It was again
changed in 1871 when the first
floor was raised and a new first
floor was added . As it exists today,
the house is a unique combination
of Italianate and late Gothic styles.
Chamberlain, like Frank
Whittier, was both a graduate and
a professor at Bowdoin. During
the Civil War he enlisted as
Lieutenant Colonel and was
eventually made Major General.
Chamberlain distinguished
himself in American History at the
Battle of Gettysburg and then was
chosen by General U. S. Grant to
accept the surrender of the South
at Appomattox.
When Chamberlain returned to
Maine, he served four one-year
terms as President of Bowdoin. In
this position he tried to make many
changes. For example, he tried to
start a mandatory ROTC type
program, requiring the students to
have uniforms, march in drills, and
leam military tactics.
As a result of this unsuccessful
experiment, many students
rebelled against Chamberlain in
what is now known as "The Drill
Revolt."
After Chamberlain left the house
on Maine Street it was converted
into a warren of apartments.
Therefore, unlike the Skolfield
Whittier House, not all of the
original furnishings still exist in
the house. As of 1983, the Pejepscot
Historical Society began a
meticulous restoration of the house
to make it resemble as closely as
possible its appearance at the time
of Chamberlain's residence. As a
museum, the Chamberlain House
contains much Civil War
paraphernalia as well as some of
Chamberlain's own personal items.
For anyone who is interested in
documentsand artifactsconcerning
the town of Brunswick, the
Archives in the Curtis Memorial
Library houses a lot of local
information. Please contact the
Pejepscot Historical Society to learn
more about the Archives and their
various museums. Tours of both
the Skolfield-Whittier House and
the Chamberlain House will be
conducted by appointment
through the end of October.
Alvord's illustrations exhibited
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The Chamberlain House as it stands today on Maine Street
The Center for the Arts at the
Chocolate Church will host an
exhibition of illustrations by artist,
Douglas Alvord, for Sarah Orn
Jewett's classic New England short
story A White Heron . The exhibit
will open Friday, October 5 and
run through Sunday October 28.
First published in 1886, Jewett's
story, A WhiteHeron isdeceptively
simple. Set in the deep woods of
rural Maine during the late 1800' s,
Sylvia, a girl from the tenements of
an industrial city, has come to live
with her grandmother. She is a
quiet child who is better acquainted
with the birds and the animals of
the woods than with people.
One summer afternoon, Sylvia's
peaceful world is turned upside
down by the appearance of a young
man, an amateur ornithologist who
is hunting birds for specimens.
Asked by Sylvia's grandmother to
spend a day or two with them, the
young man soon realizes that
Sylvia could guide him to the nest
of the rare white heron which he
has been seeking.
1 Indeed, Sylvia knows that by
climbing the tallest pine tree in the
area the heron's nest can be found,
but she is torn between wanting to
please her new friend and
protecting the elusive bird.
Willa Cather, in her famous
introduction to Jewett's work,
wrote that the stories of Sarah Orn
Jewett "...read by an eager student
fifty years from now, will give him
the characteristic flavor, the spirit,
the cadence, of an American writer
of the first order — and of a New
England which will then be a thing
of the past."
Notwithstanding Cather's
praise, this edition also features
fourteen delicate, yet powerful
illustrations by Douglas Alvord.
Inspired by the late Jane Morrison's
award-winning film of A White
Heron as well as his own
knowledge and experience of
coastal Maine, Alvord's
illustrations will engage both the
young and the old readers with
Jewett's masterful tale.
Douglas Alvord has lived in
coastal Maine for many years. His
first book ON THE WATER— The
Romance and Lore of America's Small
Boats was published in 1988 by
Yankee books. In addition to A
White Heron , he is also illustrating
Jewett's major work The Country of
Pointed Firs, to be published by
David R. Godine, Publishers in
1991.
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The Bowdoin Orient
October 5, 1990 9
Fortunato, McCarty, Christie trio to perform
Acclaimed mezzo-soprano
D'Anna Fortunato will be joined by
violist Patricia McCarty and pianist
and harpsichordist James David
Christie, for a concert on Wednesday
October 10, at 7:30 p.m., in Kresge
Auditorium. The performance is
free and open to the public. It will
include works by Richardson,
Johannes Brahms, Dietrich
Buxtehude, George Gershwin,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and
Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Referred to as a "mezzo-soprano
of profound musicality" by the
Village Voice, D'Anna Fortunato
gives a performance that displays
versatility and superior
musicianship. Her performance
history is filled with both opera,
recitals and symphony orchestra
appearances. She has performed
with the New York Philharmonic,
as well as the symphonies of Boston,
Detroit, Pittsburgh, Atlanta,
Houston and Dallas. In addition,
she has performed with several
major opera companies, including a
leading role with the New York City
Opera for which she earned high
critical praise. Fortunato also has an
extensive recording history,
including an album of songs by
composer Amy Beach, which was
voted "Best Record of the Year" by
The New York Times, The Boston
Globe and New York magazine. In
December, Newport classics will be
releasing a 3-CD all digital recording
of Siroe , which features Fortunato
as well as bass-baritone John
Ostendorf and soprano Julianne
Baird.
Violist Patricia McCarty was a
prizewinner in the Geneva
International competition at age
eighteen and has been performing
ever since. She has performed
throughout the U.S. and Europe,
appearing as a soloist with the
Houston Symphony, the Boston
Pops and l'Orchesrre de la Suisse
Romande, among others. She has
also toured extensively as part of
various chamber groups, including
the Lenox Quartet and the Boston
Symphony Chamber Players.
James David Christie has won
international acclaim as one of the
finest American organists of his
generation. In addition, to the organ,
Christie is an accomplished pianist
and harpsichordist. In 1979, he
became the first American to win
First Prize at the International Organ
competition in Bruges, Belgium and
has since performed with some of
the world's finest orchestras. Also,
Christie performs and records
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7:30 &10:00 p.m. As two
engaging soldiers of fortune,
Michael Caine and Sean
Connery ply their less than
respectable trade in 19th
century India where they
contrive and carry out a daring
plan to become rulers in the
isolated land of Kafiristan.
Breaker Morant
Australia, 1979, 107 min.
Saturday, October 6, Smith
Auditorium, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m.
Breaker Morant is a brilliant, true
story of war politics and
humanity. England court-
martialed three Australian
soldiers for murdering Boer
prisoners of war and denied that
these soldiers were acting under
British order.
Fires on the Plain
Japan, 1959, 108 min.
Wednesday, October 10, Kresge
Auditorium, 3:30 & 8:00 p.m.
The film is bleak and desolate,
the humor grisly. It is war
shown at its lowest level — no
nobility, no bravery, only a sad
and terribly poignant futility. It
shows a great and at the same
time terrible visual beauty. In
Japanese with subtitles.
Photo of the week...
photo by
Anne Read
regularly with several early
instrument ensembles, including
the Bach Ensemble. He is currently
chairman of the organ and
harpsichord department at the
Boston Conservatory, organist of
the Boston Symphony, and a
professor or artist-in-residence at
MIT, Holy Cross and Wellesley.
This performance joins three
great talents — Fortunato, McCarty,
and Christie - in an evening which
promises to provide beautiful and
powerful music.
D'Anna Fortunato will be joined by Patricia McCarty and James
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The Bowdoin Orient
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The Bowdoin Orient
SPORTS
Undefeated in four games
Field hockey on tear
BY ANDY HENRICHON bvm™Hin«T*K *c C ;e,?£.c_;iU'_ a~(~„^
BY ANDY HENRICHON
Orient Staff
Putting their slow start behind
them, the women's field hockey
team is beginning to show exactly
what they are madeof after winning
their fourth consecutive game this
past weekend.
The team's streak began on
September 18th with their win
against UMF. A 3-2 win over Bates
on the 25th marked the second
victory of the season, and last
weekend they defeated Wheaton 3-
1, and Salem State 1-0 to bring their
record up to 4-2-0.
After a week of rest, the team was
prepared for their home game
against Bates. In order to overcome
the strength of Bates' offense, the
Bowdoin defense had to come
together to protect the goal against
the Bobcat attack.
Coach LaPointe commended Sara
Beard '92 for her successful play as
center halfback, in helping to ward
off the offensive onslaught.
Coals were scored by Nancy
Beverage'9l, Rebecca Smith '94, and
by providing the assists for Smith's
and Rehm's goals, as well as scoring
her own goal unassisted.
The weekend began on a positive
note as the team came back to defeat
Wheaton after lagging behind 1-0
through the first half of Friday's
game.
Determined to win after a d if ficult
start. Smith once again led off the
scoring with an assist by Rehm.
Following Smith's score,
Beverage made the second goal for
Bowdoin with an unassisted tally
off a corner.
Jenny Ford '93 scored her first
goal of the season to pad the Bears'
lead, with the assist coming from
Beard. Ford's goal closed out the
scoring and the game ended with a
final score of 3-1 . ,
Though tired by the previous
day's victory and the second day of
hot humid weather, the team
managed to extend their winning
streak by shutting out Salem State
1-0.
The only goal of Saturday's game
was of fa penalty stroke by Beverage.
The team as a whole was not playing
Kris Rehm '94. up to its full capacity, and could not
Beverage proved indispensable take advantage of the weak Salem
defense.
Goalie Lynn Warner '91 provided
the major highlight of this tough
game by tying Bowdoin's record of
nine shut-outs in a career.
Coach Sally LaPointe is excited
about the skill and cooperation that
the team has been displaying up to
this point in their season.
She is pleased with the joint effort
exerted by first-year students Leslie
Blickenstaff and Robin Hunnewell
in holding up the left side of the
defense, and the scoring
dependability of Beverage, Smith
and Rehm. Beverage has scored in
the last four games which is unusual
for a fullback.
According to Beard, "The team is
really young, yet there is a lot of
talent, and we are starting to work
together."
LaPointe is thankful for the week
of rest they have had following last
Saturday's game. She feels that this
time will allow her to change things
around slightly in order to "perk up
interest" for the tough games that
lie ahead.
The next contest is away
tomorrow against Tufts, which has
a current record of 2-2-1 . LaPointe is
Right wing Kathy McKinney *92 makes a move in recent action
against Trinity. Photo by Jim Sabo.
anticipating another good game for On. Wednesday they will travel
the squad this weekend, as they south again, this time to challenge
attempt to lengthen their winning the undefeated University of
streak. Southern Maine team.
Women's soccer
boosts record
BY DAVE JACKSON
Orient Staff
With the display they put on last
week, the women's soccer team is
proving to be a force in the league
again this year. An impressive 5-1
victory over USM was followed by
a 3-2 victory at Wheaton and a tough
1-0 loss to Division I Vermont.
At Southern Maine on
Wednesday, the Bears broke open a
1-0 half-time lead with four second-
half goals to win going away.
Christine Neill '91 scored the only
goal in the first half, on a pass from
Didi Salmon '92 at 13:10.
It was in the second half that
Bowdoin began stepping up the
pace.
Salmon put the game away early
in the second half, scoring on a cross
from Neill at 6:26 and on a pass
from Sarah Russell '91 at 7:35.
Bowdoin added two goals late in
the game.
First year student Katie Could '94
scored her first collegiate goal on a
pass from Jen Cain '93 with 10
minutes left.
After the Huskies scored, Alicia
Collins '93 headed in a Gould comer
kick on a textbook play.
The 3-2 win at Wheaton was not
as close as the score, with the Bears
scoring all of their goals in the first
half. Again* Salmon was the key
player.
Midway through the first half.
The Bowdoin mMm team has been working hard in preparation for this weekend's True North III Regatta, her corner kick bounced off a
hosted by the Bears. Boats from all over the Northeast will be competing this Saturday in what promises to Wheaton defender into the goal for
be an exciting event down at Bethal Point Photo by Jim Sabo.
a 1-0 lead.
Shortly thereafter, Salmon took a
pass from Julie Roy '93 and tapped
it in.
Just before halftime, K.C. Frary
'92 scored her second goal of the
season off a Salmon assist. Salmon
now has five goals and three assists
for the season.
Wheaton scored with 20 minutes
left, and again with 2 seconds left,
but had no chance to tie the score.
At UVM the Polar Bears met a
truly superior team, but put on a
great performance in falling.
Vermont outshot Bowdoin by a
whopping 38-0 margin, but 20 saves
by Caroline Blair-Smith '93 and
tough defense limited the
Catamounts to just one goal.
Coach John Cullen explained,
"Our goal was to play great defense
and reduce the game to a ten minute
contest. The defense was
outstanding, but we could not even
rattle their backs."
Blair-Smith's performance was
"clearly the best of her college
career," said Cullen. "She made
several spectacular plays and did a
good job clearing the area. She
played very confidently."
The Bears finished a difficult road
trip, winning three and losing two,
both to teams in higher divisions.
Their record stood at 5-2 going
into last Wednesday's game with
archrival Colby.
The team will visit Tufts
tomorrow.
12 October 5, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Former athletes turn to coaching
BY DAVE JACKSON
Orient Staff
DAVID SCIARRETTA
Orient Asst. Sports Editor
For many athletes, a logical step
after four years of intercollegiate
sports is the coaching ranks. Three
former Bowdoin athletes have
done hist this.
Karen Crehore '90 has returned
to Bowdoin to write her honors
project in sociology and is the new
assistant coach of women's soccer.
Dave Otto '89 and Scott Schubiger
'90 have come back to join the
football assistant coaching staff.
Otto returns to take the graduate
assistant position, while Schubiger
divides his time between assistant
coaching and finishing up his last
semester of course work.
Crehore is enthusiastic about
coaching; she says she is learning
as much as the players are.
Although she is one of Bowdoin's
top ten career scorers, Crehore says
she does not miss playing and
would like to continue coaching.
"I would like to continue
working at the NCAA level for a
few more years, then move to a
younger level. It's in my nature to
be a teacher," said Crehore, who
also works in the special education
department at Freeport Middle
School.
Herstartin coaching was almost
by accident. At the end of last
season, Coach John Cullen
approached her and asked her
plans for the coming year. Crehore
replied kiddingly that she planned
\ s tocoachthe soccer team, to which
Dave Otto *89
Cullen replied that those were his
exact plans for her.
"I was startled by his response,
and as ! thought about it more, I
decided to give it a try. After all.
Coach Cullen was the main reason I
came to Bowdoin. Our philosophies
are identical," Crehore explained.
Her advice to anyone interested
in coaching is to "learn about your
sport as a player. My greatest asset
on the field was my knowledge of
the game," said Crehore.
She added that "the biggest
barrier for a new coach is age. Since
most of the players on this team
played with me last year, it's hard to
draw the line between coaching and
friendship to accomplish the desired
goals."
On the other hand, Otto and
Schubiger haven't had any difficulty
separating their playing days of the
past from their present jobs.
"At first I was a bit worried about
commanding respect from theteam,
as I'm still a student here," said
Schubiger. "But it hasn't been a
problem. I respect the players, and
they respect meinreturn."Otto said
that being a few years older than the
other players, it wasn't difficult for
him to gain the respect of the team,
Karen Crehore "90
as he hadn't ever played on the
same team with most of them. Otto
added that he and Schubiger are a
very important part of the coaching
staff, and the team is aware of it.
In addition to their coaching
duties, Otto and Schubiger play a
large role in determining which
players will get the starting spots on
game day. This fact also helps the
two in the respect department.
Schubiger takes advantage of his
experience at the defensive end spot
to coach his old position, where he
played for four years under Coach
Howard Vandersea. Otto, who also
played defensive end for the Polar
Bears, coaches the receiving corps.
The two combine to instruct the
special teams.
But the pair's responsibilities
extend far beyond the gridiron.
Besides their on-field coaching
duties, they meet with the rest of the
staff, review the previous games,
and look forward to their next foes.
Perhaps the most important
aspect of Otto'sand Schubiger' s jobs
is the advance scouting. Travelling
to the opposing schools, the two sit
in the press box at practice, gathering
all the information they can on the
opposition. The duo then delivers
Scott Schubiger '90
their findings to Vandersea. The
stats are a vital part of determining
the Bears' strategy for the next game
Being the new coaches on the staff
sure hasn't meant being relegated
to desk work for the pair. "Coach
really relies on .us a great deal, and
respects our opinions," said Otto.
Said Schubiger, "From our first day
on the job, Vandersea has come to
get advice from us."
After taking their jobs. Otto and
Schubiger quickly realized how
much time the coaching required.
When Vandersea approached the
latter about the possibility of
assistant coaching since his four
years of playing eligibility were
over, Schubiger jumped at the
chance. "It's been a great experience
so far, and really rewarding," he
said, "but it's a big time
commitment, much more than I'd
expected."
Otto has always wanted to try
coaching, so when the position
opened up, he applied. "I thought
Bowdoin would be a perfect place
to get into coaching, since I was
already familiar with the system,"
he said.
Otto and Schubiger discovered
how much more there was to learn
about football than merely the
defensive end position. A coach
must have a picture of the entire
field and knowledge of all the
positions, and in developing this,
the rookie coaches have gained a
greater understanding of the
intricacies of the game. They have
also gained much respect for the
man who heads the program.
Coach Vandersea.
"When you're a player, you're
not on as much of a personal level
with the coach," said Schubiger.
"Now, I'm able to have more
respect for Vandersea, and I see
the things he does in a different
light.The new coaches are very
pleased with the way the team has
looked in practice and in the season
opener. "We each take some pride
in the way our respective players
are performing," said Otto.
Working in the athletic
department here has certainly been
and will continue to be a learning
experience for Otto and Schubiger.
According to Otto, the two have
been meeting new people around
campus, whether it is in the
coaches' office or in the course of
one of their numerous
organizational duties. "I really
enjoy it, and I get to see the behind
the scenes operations at Bowdoin
that I missed as a student," he said .
Otto and Schubiger are not sure
about what the future holds for
them, and for now are
concentrating on the task at hand.
In any case, all three former Polar
Bears have been an integral part of
their sports as players and now as
coaches.
Head of Connecticut next for Bowdoin crew
BY STACEY SABO
Orient Staff
Bowdoin crew had a strong
showing in its second race of the
season, the Head of the Textile
Regatta on the Merrimack River in
Lowell, MA.
The race, hosted bythe University
of Lowell, took place on Sunday,
September 30, and participating
crews included Boston University,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Coast Guard Academy,
University of Vermont, and Holy
Cross.
Bowdoin sent five boats to the
race, and emerged well in the
standings against some fierce
competition.
The men's lightweight boat of
Clark Eddy '91, Jake Carbine '93,
Franklin Jones '93, Jamie Hale '94
and cox Nick Jacobs '94 placed 6th
out of 11, with only seconds
separating the fourth, fifth, and sixth
place boats.
Carbine said, 'The race went well,
but we need more water time before
we race. Last week we were only on
the water as a boat twice because of
academic conflicts, and because we
almost killed our coxswain."
Competitive boats usually
practice on the water four times a
week; cox Jacobs was slightly injured
on a mountain biking expedition
with his crew a few days before the
race.
The men's heavyweight boat, Pete
Macarthur '92, Phil Jurgeleit '92,
John Peters '93, Da ve Moore-Nichols
'91 and cox Medha Patel '93, also
did well, placing 6th in a field of 14.
Asked how he felt after rowing
the three-mile course, Macarthur
responded "Tired." Peters
expanded on this, saying, "I think
we rowed a strong race. I think we
were all happy with what we'd
done."
The women's lights came in third
in a field of six, crewed by {Catherine
Perrine'91,ClayBerry'93,Stephanie
Sire '93, Jen Lovitt '94 and cox Emily
Lentz'92.
Two women's open-class boats
competed in the last race of the day,
but the starts were staggered and as
of this writing the final results of
their race were unavailable.
Competing in this race were
Marina Heusch '91, Heather
Brennan '91, Liz Rostermundt '93,
Kathleen Do la n '94 and cox Lentz in
the first boat, and Jenny Singer '93,
Robin Fisher '94, Jen Blaxall '93,
Stacey Sabo '93 and cox Dawn
DeMeo '94 in the second.
Both boats rowed well against
such competitors as Boston
University who, according to one
member, "is headed for the
Olympics."
Said Heusch, "Despite two huge
crabs we really got the boat moving
in the last 1000 meters," adding,
"Next weekend should be a great
race."
This weekend crew sends five
boats down to the Head of the
Connecticut Regatta, held in
Middletown, CT.
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Volleyball
looks to
rebound
BY TIMOTHY M. SMITH
Orient Staff
Volleyball Coach Lynn Ruddy
contend s that intensity is the key
to success. Over the course of
the past two weeks, she has seen
her volleyball squad drop four
of five matches.
After being swept by the
highly-ranked team from
Gorden College, Bowdoin
managed but one win against
tough competition at the Bates
Round Robin last weekend.
Suddenly, an impressive 6-4
record has dipped to 7-9. When
asked what her team must do to
get back on the winning track.
Ruddy's message was simple:
"We need to dig in and get
tough."
She emphasized that greater
intensity of play when the game
is on the line could turn the
Bears' season around.
Coming off a second place
finish at the Polar Bear
Invitational two weeks ago,
Bowdoin looked to continue its
strong play against Gorden
College. However, Gorden
proved to the Bears why they're
ranked third in New England
by posting a 15-3, 15-13, 15-13
victory.
Although Bowdoin stayed
close throughout Games 2 and
3, they were unable to make the
plays necessary to win.
The Bears' inability to "stay
tough and hang in there" in tight
matches also haunted them at
the Bates Round Robin.
Bowdoin reached a fifth game
in each of its losses to Wellesley,
Tufts, and Williams. In the most
frustrating of these defeats, the
Bears won the first two games
i(15-3, 15-8) against Wellesley
before dropping the next three
(10-15, 5-15, 12-15).
In other matches, the Bears
were crushed by the seemingly
unbeatable team from Bates (3-
15, 4-15, 6-15) but came from
behind to beat the University of
Maine-Farmington (12-15, 9-15,
15-6, 15-7, 15-10).
One highlight of an otherwise
unsuccessful weekend of
volleyball was the consistently
stro ng play of senior Co-Captain
Abby Jealous.
Described by Coach Ruddy
as "the backbone to the
program," Jealous was named
to an All-Tournament Team for
the second consecutive
weekend.
The Bears will again be tested
by talented competition when
they host the Bowdoin Round
Robin this weekend. i
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r ootball succumbs to a tough Trinity squad
nJwmw™ {1 ' 1) ^ ace Hamilton tomorrow afternoon at Whittier Field
BY DAVE WILBY
Orient Sports Editor
The Bowdoin football squad
experinced its first defeat this
season, falling on the road to a very
tough Trinity team 49-14.
The Bantams pushed their record
to 2-0 with an impressive
performance by
quarter with a touchdown drive that
started on the Bowdoin 20-yard line.
The drive was keyed by two 10-
yard passes from quarterback Mike
Kirch '90 to John Vegas '93.
Mike Kahler '94 picked up 23
yards during the drive, including
the touchdown from 6 yards out.
Kahler was named NESCAC
their offense, Freshman-of-the-Week for his
coupled with a stifling second half rushingand forhisblockof aTrinity
field goal attempt in the third
defense.
Trinity got out to an early lead
and never really looked back,
despite the Bowdoin attempts that
nearly got the Bears back into the
game.
"We had trouble generating
offense in the first period," said
Head Coach Howard Vandersea,
"You can't put yourself down
against a good team."
After the first quarter, the
Bantams were up 1 4-0, but the Bears
would not allow the home team too
much of a lead.
Bowdoin began the second
themselves and the Bowdoin squad .
On Trinity's second possesion,
beginning at their own 41 -yard line,
it took only three plays, a 13 yard
pass from Lane, a 30 yard reverse,
and a 16 yard run, for them to score
their fourth touchdown of the day.
Despite the deficit, the Bears were
not ready to conceed, as Jim LeClair
'92 busted a 43 yard touchdown
gallop with two and a half minutes
left in the quarter. LeClair's score
was his 18th career touchdown in
18 games, and he led Bowdoin's
ground attack with 68 yardsononly
nine carries.
quarter.
Following the Kahler score and
the extra point by Jim Carenzo '93,
the Bears were only down by seven
points with just over five minutes
left in the half.
Trinity was looking for a bigger Saturday's contest, raising his team
halftime cushion, and behind the leading average to almost five and a
Trying to play catch-up, the
Bowdoin offense had difficulty
getting off the ground in the second
half, plauged by five interceptions.
"When it's third and nine, the
defense knows whaf scorning," said
co-captain John Hartnett '91.
Linebacker Mark Katz '91 led the
Bowdoin defense with 12 solo
tackles.
"It was a good lesson," said
Vandersea. "We have to be more
consistant."
The Bears will look to get back to
their winning ways tomorrow as
Hamilton visits Whittier Field,
Thejuniorfullbackhadawopping bringing a similar 1-1 record into
75 yard per carry average in last
passing of quarterback James Lane,
who was 5-6 for 56 yards during the
drive, the home team increased the
lead to 21-7. Lane ended up with
272yardspassingon 19 completions.
In the third quarter, the Bantams
began to put somedistance between
half yards per carry and becoming
the fifth-lead ing rusher in the league.
Any hopes that the visitors had of
a comeback were put to rest as the
Bantam's proceeded to score three
touchdowns, the first coming only
1:43 after LeClair's run.
Runners finish second
BY BILL CALLAHAN
Orient Staff
Over a Colby course that can only
be described as torturous, the
women's cross-country totaled 52
points narrowly losing to Smith (49)
while beating the Mules (56) and
Bates (58).
Gwen Young of Smith was the
individual winner in an excellent
time of 18:28 for the mountainous
5k course.
Ashley Wernher of Bowdoin led
the Polar Bear contingent, placing
fourth overall. The vastly improved
sophomore ran near the front most
of the race before settling into fourth
place in the final mile.
Coach Sloven ski was ecstatic with
her performance. "Ashley Wernher
is becoming an outstanding front-
runner for our team. She is running
relaxed and fast."
In yet another great example of
teamwork, Tricia Connell '93 and
co-captain Margaret Heron '91 ran
side by side to place eighth and
ninth overall.
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with Hamilton's passing game,
while trying to get the Polar Bear
offense going.
"Hamilton is good," said
Hartnett, "but we have to be
concerned with what we do."
Coach Vandersea promised,
"We'll be a lot better football team
this week."
encouraged pack running. Running
together has brought out some great
races for us this season."
The axiom that a cross-country
team is only as good or bad as its
fifth runner proved true on Saturday
as Anthea Schmid '94 and Hanley
Denning '92 finished out the scoring
in 13th and 18th. Only Smith had a
faster fifth runner, and Schmid was
the first fourth runner to finish.
"We beat Bates and Colby because
our number fourth and fifth runners
came in ahead of the other fifth
runners. Anthea and Hanley ran
courageous races," said Slovenski.
First year student Angela
Merryman competed well to run
sixth. She was followed closely by
senior co-captain Jennifer Snow.
Also racing well were co-captain
Kim Dirlam and sophomore Zoe
Amos.
The Polar Bears travel to South
Hadley, Massachusetts this
weekend for the Mount Holyoke
Invitational. With the addition of a
few harriers who missed last week's
meet, the Polar Bears are looking to
place high.
INTRAMURAL SCOREBOARD
Soccer, A-league:
Lodgers 4 Lodgers 4
Team Karma 1 Love Tractor 2
Soccer, C-leagu e:
Delta Sig 1 Hyde Hall Havartis 1
Asianites AD
Baxter
AD
Delta Sig
Foster
3
1
Soccer, B-league:
Burnett 5 Kappa Sig 2
Psi-U 4 Nose-on-a-Stidk 2
Burnett 3 Foster 6
Ski Team 2 Psi-U 4
Ultimate, B-league:
Psi-U beat Foster
N. Taylor beat Maine Squeeze
N. Taylor beat Baxter
Psi-U beat Maine Squeeze
Psi-U beat N. Taylor
Football, B-league:
Maine Squeeze 21
Foster 7
Kappa Sig beat Jones's
Team
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Zeta Psi 2 The Clinic beat Themselves Deke beat Themselves
Deke 1 Zeta Psi beat The Clink
Volleyball, B-league:
Baxter 2 AD beat Foster
Moore Better 1
Compiled by Lance Conrad, Orient Staff
Ultimate, A-league:
D. Beal beat Lodgers
Football, A-league:
Mountain Men 19 Deke 24
Lodgers 7 Beta II 12
Beta I 20 Mountain Men 20
Lodgers 18 TD 12
TD 26 Beta II 25
Deke Lodgers 13
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The Bowdoin Orient
Rugby takes two
BY GREGG UNBURG
Orient Contributor
The Bowdoin rugby club has
defeated two league rivals in as
many weeks and has once again
established itself as the team to
beat in Maine rugby.
In the first official match of the
season the Bears handily routed
Maine Maritime Academy by a
score of a lot to a little.
This was followed by a victory
this past Saturday over an
extremely talented Bates team.
Bowdoin wasted little time in
taking it to Maritime, scoring early
and often in the first half of play.
Marx Bowens '92 scored a try just
minutes into the game which left
the Maritime ruggers stunned and
on the defensive.
The Bowdoin backfield played
an exceptional game with standout
performances by Pete Holtz '91 at
fullback, Bowen at wing, and Justin
Givot '93 at center.
Bowen tallied three trys on the
day.
The Bears appeared to have
purchased the Maritime scrum
prior to the game because Bowdoin
simply owned them on the field.
The scrummies controlled both the
set pieces and the transition game.
Scrummie Paul Nadeau '92
added a late try to end the Bowdoin
scoring and send Maine Maritime
back to Castine with a 33-3 loss.
The match against Bates this past
weekend was anything but a
foregone conclusion. In recent
years the Bowdoin-Bates matches
have been close affairs with
Bowdoin winning the majority, but
never easily. Heading to Bates the
B.R.F.C. knew that it was going to
face one of its toughest challenges
of the season.
During the first half the Bates
backfield played well, scoring a
try midway through. Ted Mastin
'91 scored on a rambling run into
the tryzone.
Even as the second half began,
Bates was optimistic about a
victory. That is when the Bears
begantodominate.AstheBowdoin
scrum began to win the ball on a
regular basis, pressure was taken
off the backfield and they rose to
the occasion, scoring two trys and
booting a penalty kick for points.
Standout performances by
Holtz, Brian Farnham '93, Mike
Daust '92 and the entire Bowdoin
pack held Bates scoreless in the
second half. Holtz once again
helped to bring an offensive spark
to the team, Bowen had another
try, Farnham almost
singlehandedly managed to
prevent the Bates try, breaking his
hand in a diving tackle, and the
Bears dominated the second half.
The B side games were no less
exciting than the A games. Not a
single try has been scored on the
Bowdoin killer B's this season.
This weekend the B.R.F.C. plays
a home match against the Colby
team which is large, physical, and
hasn't beaten Bowdoin in a long
time. The Colby seniors have never
beaten Bowdoin during their
careers. The game begins at 11a.m.
on the field behind Farley Field
House.
1-1 week for tennis team
BY ERIC LUPFER
Orient Staff
It was a week of extremes for the
women's tennis team.
The team faced Wheaton on
Friday and Simmons on Saturday,
and in both cases, the difference
between matches won and matches
lost was large.
Going in to the Wheaton match,
the Polar Bears looked better than
their 2-2 record . The veteran players
on the squad were coming into their
form. Tracy Boulter and Alison
Burke, two first year students/had
been impressive in the first parts of
the season. The team's two losses to
Middlebury and Colby were close
ones, and both were in large part
due to early season inexperience.
Bowdoin went to Wheaton on
Friday with optimism, looking to
better last year's close 5-4 loss.
Wheaton, however, extended no
such kindness to their guests. They
trounced the Polar Bears 7-1.
Tracy Boulter '94 and Katie
Gradek '91 were handed their first
singles losses of the season.
Alison Burke '94 had the lone win
for Bowdoin, as she continues her
outstanding play for Coach Ros
Kermode.
Co-captain Heidi Wallenfels '91
lost her match 6-3, 6-4. Although
one of the best players in New
England, this mid-season loss is no
surprise.
She feels that the level of play
among the top seeds in the small
New England college teams is quite
high. Each team is "tough at the
top," and no matches can be looked
Nicole Gastonguay *92 and the women'slennis team will face a
visiting Vermont squad this afternoon. Photo Chris S trassel.
upon lightly.
The next day, against Simmons,
Bowdoin shared a little of the wealth
they had gained against Wheaton.
The team overpowered Simmons,
9-1. Burke, Gradek, Gastonguay,
Boulter, Alison Vargas '93, and
Kathryn Loebs '91 all had singles
victories. Heidi Wallenfels '91/
Gradek, Burke/Loebs,and Vargas/
Marti Champion '93 won in doubles.
The team ended the weekend with
a 3-3 record, with three regular
season matches left.
The Bears travelled to Colby last
Wednesday, face Vermont at home
on Friday, and then travel to Bates
on Tuesday. The State Of Maine
Tournament, in which Bowdoin
placed third last year, will be held
here on the Pickard Field courts on
October 13 and 14.
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Scoreless week for men's soccer
Men's cross country
second at Colby
BY DAVE PAGE
Orient Staff
BY DAVID SCIARRETTA
Orient Asst. Sports Editor
The men's soccer squad traveled
down the pike to take on
undefeated powerhouse Babson
last Saturday. The Beavers, who
were ranked second in New
England Division III and 12th in the
nation on game day, came away
with a 1-0 victory.
The loss was the Bears' first of the
season, and dropped their record to
3-1 -1 . Bowdoin was ranked seventh
in New England Division III going
into the contest.
Game day was hot and humid,
and the play of the Bears' offense
reflected the weather, as they
managed just three shots on cage in
the first 45 minutes.
In contrast, the Beaver attack was
strong in the first half, peppering
Bowdoin keeper Andres DeLasa '91
with six shots. The deciding play of
the game came late in the first half.
Beaver Nathan Taylor lofted a
comer kick towards the far goalpost.
A Bears' defender got a head on the
ball and deflected it down into the
goalmouth, where Babson co-
captain Bob Pickett was able to
control it and push it past DeLasa
for the lone score of the day.
The Bears began the second half
with a vengeance. The passing in
the mid field was more effective, a nd
thedefenseheld the Babson forward
line to just seven shots the rest of the
way.
The Bears' offense heated up in
the second half, getting off thirteen
shots, including several from close
range.
Bowdoin wasn't able to capitalize,
however, and continued the scoring
slump that has plagued them in the
last two games.
Despite the loss, there was one
particularly bright spot in the
Bowdoin play Saturday. Midfielder
Rob Keane '92, came off the bench
to have an outstanding game.
"Rob played his best soccer ever
at Bowdoin", said forward Lance
Conrad '91. "He really helped us
out a whole lot."
The Bears will be on the road to
face the Division I University of New
Hampshire Wildcats.
According to Conrad, "the UNH
game will make or break our
season", as it will be the difference
between a mediocre record of 3-2-1,
and a much more impressive 4-1-1
mark.
Bowdoin will end the week's
action with an away game against
Tufts tomorrow.
The men' s cross-country team ran
an excellent race last Saturday in
Waterville, their total of 35 points
trailing only archrival Colby's 20.
Left in the dust were USM and Maine
Maritime, with 81 and 122 points,
respectively.
Polar Bear spirits remained high
despite the narrow defeat, as it
marks, according to fourth-year
coach Peter Slovenski, "the closest
we've ever come to beating Colby
on their home course".
The White Mules are a traditional
power in New England Division III
circles, and this year's edition
proved to be no different, claiming
four of the top five places, but the
Bears were able to stay even with
them for about half of the five-mile
course before succumbing to a series
of treacherously-placed hills.
Particularly noteworthy was the
performance of Sam Sharkey '93,
whose time of 27:19, good for third
place overall, was the second-fastest
ever recorded by a Bowdoin runner
on the course, only one second short
of the mark set by All-American
Tod Dillon '89 three years ago.
Finishing closely behind Sharkey
were point-scorers Lance Hickey '91
(sixth overall in 27:47), Bill Callahan
'92 (seventh, 27:56), Andrew Yim
'93 (ninth, 28:09), and John
Dougherty '91 (tenth, 28:26).
Rob McDowell '91 turned in a
good race in placing thirteenth
overall, while Andy Kinley '93
(fifteenth) and Kevin Thomson '93
(sixteenth) also ran well.
Slovenski was particularly
impressed by the effort of his
Lance Hickey '91. Photo by Chris
Strassal.
veterans, noting that "our seniors
ran very well for us. They have some
bad memories of the Colby course,
but this year they ran well on it."
Now 2-3 after a tough early-
season schedule, the team appears
to be near top condition, and will
soon begin more speed training, so
as to, in Slovenski's words, "achieve
a blend of strength and speed by
season's end".
Next up for the Bears is
tomorrow's Codfish Bowl meet in
Boston, with ten to fifteen teams
competing, including defending
champion Holy Cross, a Division I
school.
Slovenski believes the race' s main
significance lies in providing
"another chance for our runners to
get some experience running in a
large field on a hilly course", but a
top-five finish is not out of the
question, either.
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Political realities are often ignored
Believe it or not there is a world beyond
Bowdoin.
Outside the campus limits, past Shop
n' Save and Ben & Jerry's, there is a town,
and after that a state and beyond that a
country.
Within this ivory tower of ours, we
rarely become involved with the outside
community. In the classroom we
intellectualize solutions to universal
problems, but often do not act upon our
ideas. Even in our political activism, we
confine our struggles largely to the
boundaries of the campus.
Some of that isolation is
understandable, considering the
formidable struggles presently occurring
on campus and the amount of work —
school and otherwise — we all have to do.
However, to view college solely as a
place for academic preparation, is to
accept a narrow and dangerous attitude.
Many students do not even know of
the local and state campaigns underway
in the surrounding communities. Or that
Bowdoin senior Ron Banks is running
against Brunswick resident Sophia
Pfeiffer for a spot in the state House of
Representatives.
How many of us have even heard of
Tom Andrews or David Emery, even
though these two candidates for the first
Congressional District House seat held a
televised debate in Kresge Auditorium
last night.
The students in attendance could be
counted on two hands.
True, many students aren't registered
to vote in Maine, others don't agree with
our system of government, but all of us
fall prey to the false perception that our
community ends at Maine Street.
Whether we agree with the system or
not, it's decisions affect our lives.
We forget that national senators and
representatives decide upon important
bills on a daily basis.
In the opinion section of today's issue,
Matt Hornbeck '89 and the Children's
Defense Fund urge students to write to
Senator George Mitchell in support of a
$2 billion national child care bill.
And yesterday Amnesty International
started a letter writing campaign to the
other Bowdoin alumnus/Maine senator,
William Cohen, to influence his vote on
a proposed bill to cut this country's
economic aid to El Salvador in half.
But many of us forget the power one
letter can have on a Senator's position.
We get too busy and we decide to let
someone else shape the laws of this
country.
Both the letter requests and the
upcoming local and state elections, are
important stages of our country's
governmental process. It is now, in the
early days of a bill or in the midst of an
election campaign that we can be heard.
To affect our immediate lives, we have
to understand that we are influenced by
factors and decisions made outside our
immediate Bowdoin environment and
therefore we must take part in the issues
of the town, state, country and world
communities, whether we do so within
or outside of the electoral system.
If we don't believe in the process, we
need to shout against it, but to be silent is
to accept its control.
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Closed-mindedness robs
students of opportunities
By Rich Littlehale
I'm going to open this piece with
a dirty word: conservative. I am
one, you know — a conservative.
Oh, and, God help me, a registered
Republican to boot. I'm willing to
admit it, right here, in the Orient,
for everyone to read.
Conservativism has come under
so much fire recently, in this
publication and, ahem, others, that
it has become standard practice to
lump all of us together as stubborn
antiquarians who are just too
damn wrong about everything to
pay any attention to. I'm sick and
tired of being shut out of
conversations as soon as I let it slip
that I voted for Bush.
So, thoseof you whodon't think
conservatives have anything
worthwhile to say, who think
we're tooclosed-minded to be paid
thecourtesyofopen-mindedness,
might as well stop reading now. I
hope that the rest of you,
conservatives and liberals alike
(You'll have to forgive me for using
such general terms, but I'm pretty
sure everybody knows who I
mean.), will continue to read,
because I do believe that what I
have to say is both fair and worth
hearing.
I know that my political and
social opinions are not unique
among Bowdoin students; in fact,
I'm pretty sure that there are more
conservatives here than liberals.
It's just that the conservatives, with
a few exceptions, generally aren't
as vocal as the liberals.
The Coalition for Concerned
Students has asserted that
Bowdoin needs more diversity all
around, and they may well be
right. Compared to my high
school, however, this place is a
veritable Mecca of varied ethnic,
racial, and socioeconomic
backgrounds. Coming out of that
place, my idea of diversity was
people from Massachusetts rather
than New York or Connecticut. I
was a little stubborn, sure, and
really conservative, but at least I
was willing to listen. And there
were plenty of people ready to let
me have it, conversationally
speaking.
Sure, I spent a fair piece of my
first months here arguing, but I
learned and grew in ways I hadn't
even heard of at prep school.
(Yeah, I went to a prep school.
Seen "Dead Poet'< Society"? It was
like that, only co-ed.)
Point being, that if I had shut
those people out, people who
looked at things in a
fundamentally different way
than I did, I would have denied
myself a great opportunity to
learn. And if they had shut me
out, they would have been
ignoring the same opportunity.
Everyone has something to offer,
even we strait-laced prep school
types.
A couple of times, though,
people would hear my
background or affiliation and
treat me like I had some
debilitating mental illness, or
ignoremecompletely, rather than
giving me the benefit of the doubt
and assuming that I might have
spent as much time thinking
about my opinions as they had
theirs: "If you don't agree with
me, then you must just be too
dumb to see that I'm right."
That kind of ignorant,
condescending hypocrisy
infuriates me to no end. And as
the hot issues on campus become
more and more controversial and
personal, that kind of dismissal
has become more frequent.
People are pigeonholing each
other at a prodigous rate. "Oh,
you'rea Republican, I'm not even
going to talk about this with
you.", or "You're an activist?
God, I don't want to hear it; go
away."
Dammit, you're cheating
yourselves, cheating all of us,
when you act that way. We don't
have enough diversity? Well,
why ignore the diversity of
opinions that we have already?
It's really a tremendous waste of
time and money for anyone at
Bowdoin to curl up in a little ball
and repeat "I'm right, I'm right,
I'm right" over and over, ignoring
i anyone who doesn't curl up next
to them and start in with "You
sure are, you sure are, you sure
are."
Everyone at Bowdoin has got a
lot on their minds these days,
sure, and a lot of it is pretty
emotional stuff. That is no excuse
for elitism of ideals, however. If
you're right, then you ought to
be able to defend your position
against someone who looks at it
differently without slamming a
door in their face or writing
unanswerable personal attacks.
Show a little class, a little open-
minded ness, and maybe we'll all
learn a thing or two.
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The Bowdoin Orient
October 5, 1990 17
The Bowdoin Orient
OPINION
First Amendment
By Khurram Dastgir-
Khan
Any person who witnessed
history being made in East and West
Germany in the past year would
have been affected by the climactic
unification of that nation on the
stroke of midnight on Oct. 3, 1990.
Any person, including theGermans,
could also not
have predicted in ^™^^™«^"
October 1989 this
writer is yet to see any news story
or report that did not evoke, clearly
or ambiguously, the unpleasant
aspects of the recent history of
Germany.
Instead of greeting this new
change with all our heart, we are
drowning it in a sea of guilt and
doubt of the Germans. Why can we
not forgive 78 million Germans,
human-beings like us, the crimes
they never committed?
The world has very rightly kept
the spectre of the holocaust alive in
history to assure that it is not
repeated in any form in the future.
But history is also the propaganda
of the victors. The United States has
been accepted as world leader
despite being responsible for the
only nuclear bombings on civilian
population in the history of the
humankind. Despite the
punishment and subsequent
dismemberment from the German
society, we have
historical event • • • W€ have tlOt
which occurred f orgiven fa
amongst much J o —
happiness and German people.
much solemnity at .
the same time. Even their hard-
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epoch-making p r0Sper ity naS
events, we are r » ^
unable to judge become a liability.
the true
magnitude of the ^ ^^
changes that have
occurred in Eastern Europe in the
past year and a half. Whether it was
unification or reunification, as some
commentators are arguing, it
nonetheless represents the healing
of the biggest scar on the face of
Europe. The unification of the
Germanys is the true conclusion of
the second world war. The victors
of that bloody war are finally going
to leave the German soil that they
had occupied ever since. The
tortuous cold war has drawn to a
much-prolonged conclusion. West
Germany, long thought of as the
most likely theater of WW1II, is no
longer under threat. The world is a
more peaceful, less hazardous place
It is, therefore, quite surprising
that celebrations were limited to the
one-mile strip of Unter der Linden
across the Brandenburg Gate. The
leaders of the former Allied powers
delivered bland platitudes. The
press was even moreominous; news
reports were filled with phrases like
'shiver of ambivalence' as the Boston
Globe chose to call the attitude of the
Germans towards unification. This
not forgiven the
German people.
Even their hard-
won material
prosperity has
become a liability.
The attitude of
the West, press
and people alike,
towards the
German people
smacks of a
stereotyping and
dehumanizing of
^^ human beings
born within
geographic boundaries of a country
called Germany.
West Germany has been a pillar
of the Western democratic tradition
since WWII. Some would argue that
it happened because of Allied
presence on the soil. This writer
takes voluble exception to that.
While the stabilizing effect of allied
presence immediately after the war
cannot be discounted, I do believe
that the German people genuinely
wanted to commence a new era in
their checkered history; the change
is visible in the way they have
achieved their unification not by
war but by wholly democratic
means.
Atthistimeof tumultuous change
throughout the world, the
unification of Germany should be
seen as a lucky omen for Europe
and the world. Germany needs all
our hopes and good wishes for
development of an unimpeachable
democratic structure of its society.
Our forgiveness and acceptance is
the only guarantee of that
happening.
Research works.
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Janus
Dialogue
This week's topic:
The Two-Party System
By Bill Hutfllz and
John Nicholson
Bill: The two-party system in
American politics is passe. Yet,
this quality is far from being
neutral; instead, the political
party structure has lost its ability
to effectively deal with the
issues which are critical to this
nation today. Bipolar stances in
Congress and on Capitol Hill
predominate, making the
system which runs our country
irresponsible and effete. In
short, the American political
system needs a revitalization
which can only come with a
breakdown of the current two-
party hegemony and an
infusion of fresh ideas and
angles. Whew.
John: I think you mean pew.
Bill. I too am appalled with the
avalanche of "Resolutions
expressing the feeling of the
Senate". I too am furious with
theCongress' abdication of their
constitutional responsibility.
Nonetheless, I wonder if your
revitalization will cause
Congress to spring into life. No,
the Republicans and Democrats
seem passe because the
electorate is passive. If you think
confusion reigns in the corridors
of Congress now, just wait until
your beloved "third party" hits
the Hill.
BilL Confusion. Is that what
you call multi-facetted debate,
lively consideration of the
issues, and actual patronage of
an issue, as opposed to the
current convention of filibuster,
politicking and reversals (no
new taxes?)? I'm sorry, but for
my money that's the kind of
confusion this country needs. If
we've got such a clear
perspective now, then why are the
vital issues of yesterday always
placed on the back burner?
I distinctly remember (maybe it
was a dream) an energy crisis in the
1970s, during which various
alternative energy sources to
Middle Eastern oil were explored.
This problem is all too familiar
today, and this is but one example
of the short-sightedness of the two-
party system.
Additional parties, if they can
gain a foothold, can be the arbiters
in favor of such issues, disallowing
the politicians the luxury of
ignoring them. I think a beloved
"fifth party" is an admirable goal.
John: Filibuster. Filibuster. The
true filibustering going on in this
country — with the exception of
your weekly wallow — is the fact
that only 20 percent of the voting
public participate in primary
elections, and far less than 50
percent vote come the first week in
November.
Politicians respond to the public,
and the public has come down for
ambiguity. Why hasn't Congress
learned the lesson of the two energy
crises in the 1970s? It's because the
American public hasn't heeded the
call to conservation. Throughout
the 1980s cars grew bigger and
faster, as the auto company's
responded the market demand for
turbos and anything but a
subcompact.
Bill: Somehow I missed the "call
to conservation". I don't suppose
James Watt had anything to do with
it, did he? •
The problem is partly as you say:
thepoliticians are forced to respond
to one big waffle; however, is it not
within the range of the
opportunities at politicians'
disposal to help motivate this
entity?
Don't get me wrong; I do not
believe that elected officials should
be at thebaseof the political system.
That is the realm of the
electorate. But this electorate
has heard relatively the same
message from the same players
for a long time, and even to the
extent that this is not true, these
players have the same name.
Thearrival of legitimate new
political parties would at least
liven things up and give people
a reason to ask, "What's going
on over there in Washington,
in Augusta, or even nextdoor?"
Provided something was going
on to renew the system, I think
the problem of political
stagnation could be alleviated .
John: Unfortunately, Bill,
just creating a third, fourth, or
fifth party will not force
leadership upon the Congress
and it will not excite the
majority of Americans into
political participation.
Is your rationale for
challenging the two-party
hegemony simply that we've
been hearing the same names
for too long? Well, BUI, have
you thought about changing
your name?
The fact is that Washington
DC alone is home to over 2200
interest groups and political
action committees. In effect,
these organizations are
Lilliputian parties in their own
right; each proclaim their
cause, each guards their access,
and each exerts its influence.
These Lilliputians tie
Congress down, pushing the
concept of compromise to the
limit, to the point where any
bill reported from Congress is
devoid of substance.
The solution to the present
predicament is not more
"interest" legitimized by the
name "party". The solution
rests with the electorate, for
they have the ultimate power
to either keep the bums in or
kick the bums out.
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18 October 5, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Other Voices
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A look back to China
Students need to "define and create" their lives
By John Auerbach
I am writing in response to two
essays written for the Orient in the
last two weeks by Jennifer Brookes
and Joseph Hughes. As yet another
senior returning from study
abroad, I find my opinions about
Bowdoin corresponding to a certain
extent with both pieces. On one
hand,it is very gratifying upon my
return to see many positive
developments on campus; the
maturation of aware and vital
organizations such as BGLAD and
theBWA, a long-overdue drive for
a more diverse faculty and student
body, and a growing awareness
among students concerning
Bowdoin's (and our society's)
problems with sexual harassment.
All these developments to be sure
are encouraging when facing what
President Edwards describes as an
uncertain future. However, 1 have
at the same time felt an uncertainty
about the direction I feel Bowdoin
is now heading-an apprehension
that is strong enough for me to
write about here.
Much of what disturbs me now
stems from my experiences of last
year, living with Chinese college
students in Beijing, and I would
like to give a brief description of
their situation.
During all of their waking hours
Chinese college students are
provided a peculiar type of
security; at 7:00 a.m. they are
awakened by loudspeakers blaring
the "news" of the day. They attend
/ have at the same
time felt uncertainty
about the direction
in which Bowdoin
is headed . . .
classes which they may or may not
be interested in, as they are assigned
their majors according to their high
school testing results.
When in school, they are allowed
little spare time away from their
studies, except for carefully selected
occasions in which they are made to
participate. And, at 11 $0 p.m., the
lights in the dormitories are shut off
and the students monitored by an
attendant at the door. Finally, the
profession of the graduate is rarely
if ever the choice of the individual.
Not surprisingly, many students
spend quite a lot of their time
thinking of ways to get around this
rigid system, and of course much of
the time they fail in doing this.
Frustration and despondency are
prevalent feelings among Chinese
students, and this is often directly
reflected in their attitudes towards
their intellectual pursuits.
The apathy towards the future
among China's students is one of
the major elements of China's
difficulties and it does not work to
combat what Chinese call
"backwardness". What lies at the
root of this sad and frustrating
condition is the paucity of choices
made available to them in their
intellectual and social
development, and the feeling that
their lives are not theirs to define
and create. It is a central motivation
surrounding the Chinese student
movements of the 1980s, one that
many have felt important enough
to suffer and die for.
It would be absurd to attempt
too direct a parallel of Chinese
students with American students
in order to make a point. But what
my coexistence this year with
Chinese students has given me is a
slightly keener sense than before
for what tends to repress and foster
intellectual and social development
among students such as myself.
This brings me to the weird
divergence of direction I feel is
occurring here at Bowdoin. The
"apathy" of the student body is
being sorely tested as the role of
non-students in the definition of
proper social and academic conduct
is being examined . The debate over
the social function of fraternities
and the grading system are but two
examples. Those who join the
argument purely motivated by the
question over alcohol in fraternities,
or whether a HH is an A or not, are
having a obscuring effect upon the
central issue to be debated; that
being the extent an institution can
be allowed to dictate one's
individual habits.
Some alumni, administration,
faculty members, and students
seem keen to define "student life"
to a much fuller extent than it has
been in recent years, and bring to
light the question between the
relative effectiveness of policing
versus educating to combat social
problems. For example, the
common argument that students
will inevitably continue to drink as
before is only partly true; they will
continue to do so only until their
personal attitudes and knowledge
of the matter changes, and the only
way to change theseis through fact-
based education.
We live in a society innundated
with laws and regulations, but our
crime rates continue to climb
unabated. Whyisthis? Apparently,
laws are not the whole answer on
the national level, and there is no
reason to believe it is different here
on campus. My belief is that it is the
responsibility of the College to
explore more enlightened solutions
for national problems, not to merely
comply with national norms.
If Bowdoin intends to continue
being what it purports to be; an
educational institution worthy of
prestige and "proud of its
independent spirit", then it must
recognize that its responsibilities
lie in enlightened educating, not in
law enforcement or social
judgmentation.
Bowdoin Collegeas an institution
intends to create the "educated
individual", and these individuals
are those who use their own
knowledge and common sense to
arrive at the decisions that shape
their future, from— should I drink?
to should I have sex? to the more
mundane should I eat fried foods?
Thus, the more options are lim ited,
the more the education the student
has so far attained is rendered
absolutely useless and without
purpose.
The situation of China's students
is an extreme example of this
phenomenon, but it does not
outweigh the fact that it is a growing
trend here on campus that must be
recognized and fought against
adamantly by an united student
body. Alcohol and drug abuse,
sexual harassment, and sexual
misinformation are very real
problems to be dealt with, but they
must not be shuffled off for campus
security to attack, nor the blame
accorded to just one institution .
The solution lies in a much more
difficult technique: the willingness
of the individual to confront the
truth, and to make the responsible
decision. As Dean Jervis says,
Bowdoin College is an educational
institution, not a police force, and
the administration is now
recognizing the futility of being a
law enforcement agency.
Exposing problems such as
alcohol abuse should create a more
healthy, open atmosphere, not one
relatively devoid of choice. To push
for a more diverse student body
while simultaneously limiting the
student's capacity for choice is
inconsistent, and creates only the
potential forproblemsinthefuture.
It is the responsibility of alumni,
faculty, administration and
students in coming weeks to insure
that that does not occur. Get
involved with the issues concerning
our campus, but keep in mind what
you are really working towards- a
truly diverse and responsible
society.
Comprehensive child care legislation almost complete
By Matt Horn beck
Children*' Defense Fund
First introduced in November
1987, comprehensive child care
legislation has been a top domestic
issue on the Congressional agenda
for the past three years. The Senate
and the House of Representatives
both have now passed similar child
care bills (S3 and H.R. 3), and a
child care confernence committee
has worked to resolve some of the
differences between the two.
However, theconferencecommittee
has yet to reach agreement on all the
components of a final child care bill
raising serious concerns about
whether this vital family legislation
will be completed within the very
few working days remaining in the
101st Congress.
Meanwhile, the national child
care crisis continues to grow more
serious every day. Annual child care
costs averaging $3,500 per child are
overwhelming for most families
struggling to make ends meet.
Waiting lists for existing child care
aid extend for years in many areas
of the country. Not suprisingly,
more and more parents have trouble
finding safe child care they can
afford and they are going to work
worried about their children left
homealoneor in unsafe, inadequate
care.
The pending child care legislation
would address this crisis through
(a) grants to states to help parents
pay for care and to improve the
quality and supply of child care
services; and (b) improved tax
credits for low-income working
families with children.
Child Care Grants: The Senate-
House conference committee has
reached a basic accord on the grant
portion of the final comprehensive
child care bill. This agreement
would authorize $1.75 billion
annually for grants to the states (plus
an additional $1 00 million for a child
care liability insurance pool and $25
million for business incentive
grants). States would use these
fund s to help lower income working
parents pay for child care among
the full range of available services
including child care provided by:
relatives, churches, family day care
homes, schools. Head Start
programs and child care centers
operated by for-profit and nonprofit
organizations. Other steps would
be taken by the states to improve
the qua 1 ityof child care available to
parents regardless of income.
Provisions to Improve Child Care
Quality: The conference agreement
addresses parental concerns about
the safety and quality of child care.
Under its provisions, states, not the
federal government, would develop
basic health and safety protections
for children in child care which
include guaranteeing parents the
right to visit their child's daycare
setting at any time. Funds are also
provided to the states to assist them
in other quality improvement
efforts including monitoring and
enforcement, caregiver training and
resource and referral efforts.
Tax Provisions: The Senate-House
conference committee has not yet
reached an accord on the tax credit
provisions of the bill. Both S5 and
H.R. 3 supplement the child care
grants with similar important
improvements in federal tax credits
for low income working families
with children. The tax provisions
provide much needed additional
income for all types of low income
working families with children. The
conference committee continues
efforts to resolve the final mix of tax
credit assistance that will be
provided to these working families.
Congressional Scheduler. The 101st
Congress officially is scheduled to
adjourn on Oct. 5, 1990. This leaves
precious few scheduled work days
for Congress to attend to the needs
of America's children and families.
Twice before— in 1988 and 1989—
Congress chose to go home for the
year leaving nearly completed child
care legislation lying on the table
unfinished. If Congress once again
chooses to go home and campaign
for reelection before it completes
work on thechild care bill and sends
it to the President, over one million
children will once again be denied
child care assistance or tax credit
help.
The President: President Bush
repeatedly has pledged his
commitment to child care starting
in his presidential campaign where
he promised, "the state and federal
government ought to provide
additional resources..for a broader
range of choice and higher quality
child care" to his FY 1991 Budget
where he restated his commitment
and willingness to work with the
Congress to pass legislation that
helps low-income working families
to meet their child care needs,
consistent with the President's
principles.
American families desperately need effective child care now.
You can help pass the bill guarenteeing more quality child care
for poor families. Call Senate Majority Leader George
Mitchell, Bowdoin Class of 1954 in Washington, D.C. at (202)-
224-5556 or in Portland at 874-0883 and say:
"I'M CALLING FROM BOWDOIN
. TO SAY 'FINISH THE CHILD CARE
BILL NOW!"'
For more information you can call Matt Hornbeck at the
Children's Defense Fund in D.C. at (202)^28-8787 ext.275.
The Bowdoin Orient
October 5, 1990 19
Kadmon and Mike seize the day
By Adam Kadmon
I guess I should start with last
Saturday night when, at 2 a.m. I
knocked on Mike's tent (he's living
in a tent in the weeds behind Psi
U.). "Hey Mike, you want to climb
Whitney-Gilman Ridge
tomorrow?"
So we headed out in the morning
with a dozen Dunkin Donuts and
two BIG ONES cups of coffee
(which ended up, to our chagrin
later on, being the only food or
drink we had all day.) After fifteen
minutes of driving in Mike's 1978
Honda the size of a refrigerator, the
smell of burning was significant
enough for me to turn my head
around to scan the car for small
fires. When any trip, let alone a
climbing trip (which is by nature
prone to disaster) starts off with the
words "Mike, your car's on fire,"
one is inclined to fear the worst.
Pulling over, we aired the smoke
out of the back seat, and determined
that the cause of the fire must have
been this chunk of metal on the
muffler that was funnelling heat
into the trunk and causing some
tarry substance there to burn. So
we pried the piece off with a
screwdriver and threw it in the
donut box. On the road once more,
but this time for only ten minutes,
because the clutch cable fell apart.
Mike wheeled us into a NAPA auto
parts in Portland, driving well sans
clutch. A guy named Bob came out
and literally touched the cable (o.k.
he twisted it) and we were on the
road once again after declaring Bob
a bodhisatva with a simple
ceremony and dance in the parking
lot.
Canon mountain is without
doubt the most spectacular rock
formation in the east, and can well
be compared with El Capitan in
Yosemite in its type of rock and
massiveness. It is about 45 minutes
from North Conway, NH and 1 had
never heard of it before but
Whitney-Gilman Ridge, six vertical
rope lengths of moderate climbing,
is one of the classic climbs in the
east and, for that matter. North
America.
When we arrived at the base of
Canon mountain, the sunny sky
had become overcast and it was
quite cold. We prepared to go,
wearing climbing pants, wind
pants, jackets, raincoats, wool hats
under helmets and wool climbing
gloves. The approach hike was
hideous, 45 minutes of bushwack
and heinous talus slope. At the base
finally, we asked ourselves once
again if we should go (weather
wise — once on the climb it would
be tough to come down except by
multiple rappels). We went,
alternating leaders. I started.
Six hours later, we were still
climbing. We were freezing, and
the climb, after the third pitch was
more exposed than anything I have
ever seen. (It makes Thin Air — a
famous climb in North Conway
know for how it hangs over space —
look like a curb.) Around the edge
of the arete we were climbing it
dropped off for a thousand feet . We
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were extremely freaked out and
cold, but topped out after about sue
and a half hours. I started coiling
the rope but couldn't figure out
how to make a backpack out of it
(something I've done a thousand
times). It took me ten minutes —
minor hypothermia. The hike down
was as evil as the approach, and we
made it to the car about 8 p.m.
At Conway we stopped at Pizza
Hut and pounded food for an hour
and then got outside and the car
wouldn't start. What followed was
a Groucho Marx type scene where
I pushed the car up a small hill and
then powered it downhill as fast as
I could while Mike tried to pop the
clutch. Weended up rolling it down
Main St. into a parking lot next
door which had a steeper hill. After
an hour and a half of this insanity
the car started, but Mike didn't
want to stop for fear that the car
would stall, so I had to dive into the
passenger seat at 15 mph. I fell, but
hung onto the door and finally got
in.
The car then proceeded to bum
fuel as if it were permanently in
choke, so in twenty minutes we
had burned a quarter tank and were
in the middle of nowhere almost
out of gas. Fortunately we got to
Gorham, Maine on empty and
picked up some gas.
We got home past midnight.
Mike's car is now parked — front
end out— in the Psi U. parking lot
so that when the wrecker comes, it
will be easy to tow.
The real story told
By Dave Potischman
After being asked to explain
Bowdoin's basic Creek system
and Zeta Psi's in particular by a
number of first-year students, I
decided it might be helpful if they
and others could read about it.
When I dropped at Zeta Psi in my
freshman year, I did so because it
offered me the chance to be a part
of a Creek organization which
had a wealth of history and
tradition behind it, and thechance
to meet many people outside of
my dorm in a very social setting.
From what was conveyed to me
by the "national" and "local"
members of Zete during the few
weeks before drop night, I
assumed that the system worked;
it had been instituted in the early
Seventies, and apparently would
continue operating successfully
while I was there. Unfortunately,
I soon found this not to be the
case.
For those who do not know,
the "national" body of Zeta Psi is,
in effect the Zete chapter at
Bowdoin: only men are allowed
to be initiated as members, to
learn Zete's rituals (traditions),
and to pay dues to an external
corporate body composed of
Zetes.
As I have been told and
understand it, the "local" body
was created in the early seventies
when women were admitted to
Bowdoin and sororities were
prevented from establishing
chapters here by the
administration. To solve the lack
of comparable organizations for
women, the administration
apparently directed the
fraternities to admit women on
one level or another. Most of the
fraternities maintained their
national ties and simply included
the women in all of the non-
secretive aspects of their
organizations (meals, parties,
intramurals, etc..)
Clearly, this was a ridiculous
and shortsighted solution akin to
granting immigrants (in thesense
of newly arrived people) second-
class citizenship and expecting
them not to want full and equal
rights eventually. At several of
the houses, however, it worked
relatively well until the recent
wave of anti-fraternity sentiment
swept the Northeast, expediating
the inevitable polarization of two
groups: those who wanted to
build upon the recently
restructured social bodies of their
respective organizations, and
those who wanted to remain
national members of their
respective fraternities (to have
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The Bowdoin Orient
Stereotypes lead to misinterpretation of feminist thought
By Dana Matthew
Stanley
If you're like most of the people
on campus, or most people in
general, you aren't a feminist. In
fact, feminists probably bug you.
The very word evokes for you a set
of images with which you don't
want to associate yourself. Why?
There are a number of reasons
why people feel uncomfortable with
feminists. The most obvious is the
sentiment that women are in fact
not worthy of equal standing with
men. But fewer people have this
overtly anti-feminist attitude than
in even the recent past.
More commonly, people agree
with the general idea of female
equality. They're thankful for the
work that women have done in
fighting for the vote, equal
educational opportunity, and equal
pay. Among middle- and upper-
class white women in particular,
there's a feeling of empowerment
and economic opportunity never
before experienced. So they have a
hard time connecting with today's
feminists.
The women in the Wentworth
cafeteria yelling for abortion rights
seem too extremist and hyper-
emotional. Birkenstocks, unshaven
legs, and faces without makeup
conjure up images of the idealistic
'60's that most would like to leave
behind. Most women don't long for
an androgynous so-called Utopia.
They want to preserve their
When a feminist (or
any woman) brings
the emotional side
of an issue into play,
her view is
discredited.
femininity while competing in "the
real world." Frankly, they abhor
the radical feminist ideas of female
superiority and lesbian separatism.
Just as alienating as radical ideas
is the perception that feminists are
exceedingly stubborn and closed-
minded about those ideas. Many
have complained that the speakers
hired by the Bowdoin Women's
Association and the Women's
collective come from the same
perspective, that not enough
alternative viewpoints are
expressed. And feminists are
considered argumentative and
overbearing, even bitchy. More
than one person has whispered a
disinclination toward expressing
alternative viewpoints for fear of
being personally scolded or
inundated with scathing letters in
the Orient.
These sentiments and criticisms
aren't entirely without validity.
For example, some ideas put forth
by feminists are to many people
unrealistic and extreme. But there
are good reasons for their advocacy
of seemingly far out ideas. Quite
honestly, they tend to know a lot
about the social and economic
burdens women face. And they've
reflected on and studied the ways
by which people perpetuate and/
or allow them to continue.
What are these supposed
burdens? Because women have
made tremendous progress in
recent years, many have difficulty
seeing the problems that continue
to exist. Contrary to common
wisdom, pay equity has not been
achieved. There is neither an
adequate system for child care, nor
an allowance for parental leave time
to care for newborns and sick
children. Consequently, women are
expected to either choose between
children and a career or to become
a "superwoman" and do both. The
threat to abortion rights further
limits women's control over their
lives. Staggering proportions of
women are harassed at work or
beaten at home. And they are under
the constant threat of rape by both
strangers and intimates.
These are only the most
fundamental issues with which
feminists are concerned. The more
one learns about these problems,
the more terrible and awesome they
become. Feminists aren't willing to
accept ( them for themselves or for
other women. Why and how can
these problems exist, and why do
people overlook them? The only
conclusion is that women have
lower status than men, that in fact
something called sexism exists.
Because of the magnitude of these
problems, the movement is almost
unavoidably idealistic, and it calls
for far-reaching measures. Many
actions hold largely symbolic value;
others involve hands-on work
toward change. It's idealism which
drives this movement, as it has and
does so many others, such as the
Civil Rights movement. But too
often it alienates those who are
rooted in the attitudes and
ignorance of the status quo.
The criticism of feminists as
"closed-minded is very interesting.
Of course they can be curt when
arguing. It's simply not .true,
however, that they are less open to
new ideas than others. Most often
what happens when there is a
heated argument is that the person
with whom they are speaking is so
repulsive in his or her opinions that
intense feelings flare up. How can a
woman be expected to be "level-
headed" when a man says that he
can better assess the moral
implications of her choices
concerning her body than she?
Rationality — overvalued in our
society — is associated with men;
therefore, when a feminist (or any
woman) brings the emotional side
of an issue into play, her view is
discredited.
So dismissing feminists as closed-
minded is not entirely fair. In fact, I
think the opposite is true. At least
they engage in meaningful
conversation. In general, they're
willing to discuss issues and hear
dissenters out. In contrast, many
others, sometimes referred to as
apathetics, withdraw from a
conversation the moment it
becomes heated. I've known many
people to stop listening once they
hear what they consider "the same
old arguments" from feminists.
But if they wouldn't dismiss
them so readily, they would learn
that they are not so monolithic.
The rangeof feminist viewpoints is
incredibly large. Admittedly,
women of color have been
historically excluded from the
movement, but slow progress is
being made.
Most people don't recognize the
diversity of feminist opinion. What
all feminists have in common is
their realization that women are
oppressed in some manner, and
their unwillingness to accept that
oppression. Within those loose
bounds, speakers on campus have
expressed a multitude of opinions
and strategies.
I can understand if someone
listens to a particular feminist
argument and rejects it as too
closed-minded. But that's generally
not what happens. Because radical
and closed-minded are much more
than criticisms — they're
stereotypes. As soon as an issue
affecting women arises, countless
ears seal and grumbling
commences.
The stereotype is incredibly
strong — ask just about anyone
what's annoying about feminists
and you'll hear it. The often
vehement reaction to feminists is
distressing. It happens in large part
because we really do accept and
endorse most of the concepts of
gender which hold women down.
These beliefs survive either because
we don't see the need to change
them, or because they serve our
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The Bowdoin Orient
October 5, 1990 21
Letters to the Editor
r.
We f re really content
To The Editor:
Believe it or not, our semester
has been going pretty well. We're
enjoying all of our classes, and
although we may be a littlebehind
inourreading,weshoukidookay.
Everyone on the campus has been
really kind and helpful to us this
year, the other day Jim left his
driver's license at the M.U.
bookstore and they mailed it back
to him. Wasn't that nice?
Aren't you all excited for the
leaves to change color? We can't
wait. Our parents are coming up
the weekend after this one, and it
will be the first time the Rock's
visit Bowodin. Ed's parents have
been here before, and he really
thinks they had a good time.
They'll all be here the night of the
1 3th if you want to come over and
meet Bon, Jim, Allen, and Lucille.
Gee, we've been having a lot of
work lately! Luckily we live close
to the library and enjoy spending
most of our time there. There's so
much to learn! The other 4 ay Jim
sat down to read Con gressional
Proced ures and the Policy Process.
while Ed was busy photocopying
reserves and appreciating how
well the computerized library
system was working. Jim became
so intrigued that he didn't notice
the librarian tapping him on the
shoulder to inform him that the
library was closed. It was so
embarassing — but it's happened
to us all.
We thought that with all the
negative things that has been
happening, we thought it would
be nice to say something about
how nice things can be. We
appreciate the chance to let
everyone know that we're pretty
much happy with the way
everything is going, and we hope
everyone else is having as good a
semester as we are. Thanks a lot.
Sincerely,
Jim Rock '93
Ed Beagan '91
AIDS education must be addressed
College intolerant of difference
To the editors.
Oh my heavens, Bowdoin Zetes
have agreed to divorce. I would
simply like to state that I share Dean
Lewallen's enthusiasm in the matter.
Over this past week I've repeated
his quote to myself: I'm overjoyed
that house at 14 College Street has
decided to embrace the college's
values." Well said Mr. Lewallen. It
has finally become clear to me that
the College in its infinite foresight is
able to establish the values which
are best for society and its students.
I had always thought that the
College was wrong but I now realize
that it was I who was wrong. While
the College has often been slow to
react to an injustice in the system it
has in the end achieved the morally
appropriate result. It only took them
approximately 200 years to realize
(thanks in part to all those nasty
little wars which men were fighting)
that women should be allowed to
even enter the College. The College,
however, was quick (just over 20
years) to realize that women should
not be excluded from any College
recognized organizations such as
fraternities. Sororities would not be
established for it would be viewed
as too logical of a solution in addition
to the fact that Bowdoin decided
that any single-sex organization
would be unhealthy and socially
unacceptable.
The College desires cultural
diversity as long as it isn't followed
with ideological diversity. A person,
for example, from the Middle East
where men and women tend to play
distinctly different roles simply does
not understand what is good for
him when he expresses an interest
in joining an all-male group. Those
Middle Eastern nations are
underdeveloped anvwav and their
people are religious ranatics. Once
they begin to industrialize their
economies and establish an
American system of government
they will begin to understand and
accept Bowdoin's ways. Soon
afterwards these nations will
establish colleges and universities
such as Bowdoin that will train
students in the art of critical
thinking. This ability to analyze
critically will allow them to question
and challenge what theCollege... oh,
sorry I mean what the government
in their country says should be the
status quo. Soon they will rise up
and overthrow the oppressive
regime and establish a Constitution
resting on equality for all (exactly
the way the men and women who
drafted the US. Constitution). Once
a new government is established
these nations will be able to erect
more colleges such as Bowdoin . The
tuition will be a mere $22 thousand.
Included in the cost will be a lovely
and sheltered campus where every
college organization (except of
course the BWA) will have to meet
the male-female quotas provided
by the College. You will also be
guaranteed a nice bedroom with a
desk. Every morning (except
unfortunately on the weekends) a
janitor will come by and fix or clean
anything you damaged or forgot to
pick up the night of the party. To
ensure that you have enough time
for your school work the college
will provide an outside laundry
service for an extra fee. Dirty laundry
in on Monday, clean laundry on
Tuesday, finally, like Bowdoin, you
will receive a guarantee that after
four years of this back breaking
experience you will have been
prepared for the "REAL" world.
But remember that the one thing
that won't be allowed are single-sex
organizations. The reason for this
primarily is that the world is coed.
Single-sex groups are not (while
Bowdoin is) part of the "REAL"
world.
To the Editor:
Two years ago I wrote you
concerning Bowdoin and the AIDS
crisis. Since then, AIDS deaths have
more than doubled nationally, from
40,000 to over 90,000. AIDS
awareness at Bowdoin is certainly
at a higher level, I believe, than it
was two years ago. But, the question
remains, "How much AIDS
education is enough?" It seems to
me that as long as any person,
student or otherwise, contemplates
engaging in sex for pleasure without
the use of a condom, then, there is
not enough education.
The facts remain:
1. Parental guidance doesn't
work. Most, if not all parents, have
abdicated their responsibility here
either through ignorance, fear,
embarrassment, or misplaced
religious values.
2. Thegovernment, which should
be taking the lead, won't even issue
a postage stamp dealing with AIDS
awareness. President Reagan
established a commission to
examine the AIDS epidemic. He
packed the commission with
political conservatives. When they
listened to the evidence presented
to them, they embraced virtually
every recommendation made to
them by AIDS related organizations
and health groups. When the report
was finally issued, it said a lot of
things the President didn't like
hearing. Reagan shelved the report
and most of its major
recommendations have yet to be
implemented by President Bush.
3. As for the reaction of organized
religion, that truly would be a joke if
the toll were not counted in human
lives. The worst offenders are those
who insist that sex should be used
for procreation only. They refuse to
educate peopleon safe sex practices.
The direct result is human death.
Ironically, it is the same element
that has fought so doggedly against
abortion rights, preaching morality.
Think about it. If everyone engaging
in sex used a condom, one major
form of AI DS transmission virtually
would be eliminated. For that
matter, if everyone engaging in sex
used a condom, we, as a nation,
would not be facing the moral
dilemma caused by abortion. I do
not believe that any abortion
opponent has ever argued that life
begins BEFORE conception. The
answer seems simple. Prevent
conception, avoid abortion. Use a
condom, significantly reduce your
risks of catching AIDS.
Where does that leave us with
regards to AIDS, and for that matter,
sex education? It leaves the schools.
Their purpose is to educate. The
responsibility is theirs, especially
when others who won't or can't,
stand by as the death toll mounts. I
believe that this education should
begin long before a student goes to
college. But, if the student lacks that
knowledge before college, then let
him gain it in college. If it saves one
life, then would not the effort be
worth it?
Since 1984, forty of my close
friends and associates have died
from AIDS. My best friend last year
after six months of continual pain
and suffering. I visited with him
every day during the last six weeks
of his agony. I believe that on the
day he died, he waited for me to
arrive and hold him while he said
good-bye for the last time. I am
HIV+. I know what most probably
lies ahead for me.
I do want to make it clear that this
letter was not written looking for
any type of sympathy for myself. It
was written as a way to make you
and your readers think about a
subject which many would prefer
to forget. Please care. If people
choose not to, and it is a question of
choice, make no mistake about that,
then the loss ultimately will be theirs.
Sincerely,
Louis Bruno Briasco '69
Personal attack clouds point
To the Editor:
My name is J.P. Devine and I am
one of the editors of the
Sensationalist, as well as one of those
who wrote the article in the
Sensationalist "Zetes Agree to
Divorce" two weeks ago, parodying
the breakup of Zeta Psi and
questioning the motives of the men
who have separated to remain
national Zetes. I am also someone
who was on the receiving end of a
pointless, ad hominem attack last
week by Eric Bandurski, president
of Zeta Psi.
I takeSssue with this letter, mainly
because Eric's attack focused not on
Bandurski offends
Zeta Psi, but on me. It is my belief
that this letter should have been left
out of the Orient. Personal attacks
are not the domain of a newspaper.
Rather, the parties involved should
be allowed to work out their
disputes individually.
But beyond this, Eric's letter
remains rife with problems. By
devoting virtually all of his time to
my character and our friendship,
Eric fails to address the major issue
that the Sensationalist attempted to
satirize: why are the men leaving?
He states that if I "opened [myl eyes
(as well as I myl mind) a bit" I would
have realized that the national Zetes
did not secede for sexist, separatist
reasons. However, he does not
elaborate. Instead, he goes on to
imply that I participate (or have
participated) in the same sexist acts.
Eric, you obviously do not know
me, nor do you know why we
decided to satirize your
organization. Zeta Psi is, as an
institution, sexist, elitist, and
discriminatory and, therefore
deserves parody. I did not make fun
of you, Eric. We (there were three of
us) made fun of Zeta Psi which
desperately deserved it.
Sincerely,
J.P. Devine'91
In "Devine and Sensationalist Co Too Far" (Sept. 28), Eric Bandurski's reference to "co-ed dormitories with
greek letters over the door" manages to offend not only his former brothers and sisters, but all Bowdoin students
who belong to college recognized fraternities- nearly half of the campus. Obviously, someof us seean experience
in a co-ed house as a lot more than an exercise in dormitory living.
To quote Mr. Bandurski once again: "So you disagree with our opinions- does that force you to disrespect us?
Sincerely,
Adam Judd Weinman '91
Red Cross expands interests
Quit smoking.
To the Editor.
The Midcoast Chapter of the
American Red Cross, located here
in Brunswick, is interested in
becoming more involved with the
Bowdoin College Community. The
Red Cross is more than just Disaster
and Blood Services; although, these
are probably the most visible. They
provide a great deal of other
volunteer opportunities and service
programs. Examples of these
include swimming lessons, CPR
courses. First Aid courses and many
more.
The chapter here in Brunswick
has a unique program called Pet
Therapy. This program is in need of
more volunteers to bring pets — cats,
dogs and rabbits that are provided
by the Coastal Humane Animal
Shelter, into the local hospitals' long-
term care facilities and into local
nursing homes. They are in
desperate need of more volunteers
to keep up with the patients'
demands. Anyone who is interested
in committing a couple of hours a
week to this should call Chris*
Cheney at #721 -01 43.TheRedCross
staff has also recently participated
in an updated AIDS awareness
training program, and they would
like to speak to anyone interested. If
there are any groups, clubs,
fraternities, sports teams, faculty et
al who are interested in this
presentation then they should
contact either Julia or Wendy at the
Red Cross Office— #729-6779.
Thank you,
Christopher S. Cheney '91
22 October 5, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Potischman defends against sexism charges
To the Editor
I have been defend ing myself and
others against charges of sexism. I
have to confess, I am not sure if
sending a letter to the newspaper is
thecorrect response, but since I have
never been in this poistion before, I
am doing my best. I have been
appreciative of the few people who
have had the courage (or the is it
common sense?) to ask my reasons
for being a member of a single-sex
organization instead of making
wildly unfounded charges of
sexism. However, there are so many
people to reach, so much to say, so
much hypocricyand myth todispel,
that I thought I would put my
thoughts on paper.
At a glance, single-sex
organizations appear sexist:
fraternities, sororities, all-male clubs
(all-female, if they exist), at Bowdoin
one would include a capella singing
groups like the Meddibempsters
and Miscellania...who knows,
maybe the most diverse, liberal arts
institution would include single-sex
athletic teams and ballet clubs. This
is exactly the kind of ignorant
conclusion that has been drawn by
Bowdoin's administration and it
explains the assinine policy-making
that has followed. The definition of
sexism in my Webster's New World
dictionary is 'The economic
exploitation and social domination
of members of one sex by the other,
specif, of women by men." Wait,
you mean a single-sex organization
that doesn't economically exploit or
socially dominate the other sex is
not a threat to the other sex, is not
sexist, and therefore, does not need
to be exterminated? Right, Dean
Jervis, Chris Bull and others.
through some simple examples:
1 . All-Male Clubs: The reason that
clubs like the Rotary have been
pressured and even ordered, under
penalty of law, to admit women is
not simply because they are all-male,
it is because the court showed that
these clubs are common places of
business for many men; they were
causing women to be economically
exploited in that some women were
unable to perform their job as well
and be as successful as their male
counterparts because they couldn't
participate in these corporate,
behind-the-scenes activities.
2. Singing Groups- In explaining
to friends and parents the Bowdoin
administration's hilarious code of
ethics I have often used as an
example the complete lack of
funding for the Med dies and
Miscellania, a measure for which
the administration surely pats itself
on the back as a strike against
virulent sexism. Why do friends and
parents alike laugh in my face and
then ask if I am kidding? Why does
the administration allow the two
groups to hold joint concerts every
year in Pickard Theater where every
person in Brunswick can buy tickets
to see the degradation of men by
Miscellania and the horrible
subjugation of women by the
Meddies? The answer, from anyone
with a brain, is there is no sexism
and nobody is being hurt or
exploited. Each group formed
because its members saw a need
and a purpose for it (i.e. there are
tons of songs which only call for
single-sex voices!).
3.Fraternities/Sororities: Here's the
tough one, I guess. Are fraternities
and sororities sexist? The answer
organization in which women only
have some of the rights possessed
by men and /or one in which women
are subtly reminded that men were
once in control is sexist. The status
quo at Zete was sexist and we were
content with it only to the extent
that the college offered no other
alternative. The simple line: "Go join
Chi Psi" sometimes springs to
simple people's minds but this
would be the equivalent to my
telling the women to join the sorority
or of my telling members of the
'local" body to join Psi Upsilon.
The Zetes who chose to remain with
Zeta Psi felt and feel very strongly
about the need to maintain our
identity, which includes the history
and rituals of our fraternity, the
friends we have at other chapters,
and the friends we have here. The
members of the coed house feel
strongly about the latter point and
are working to add to the
considerable history inherent in the
house where they will reside. By
agreeing to a split, the members of
the "old Zete house" destroyed the
sexist power structure that existed.
But has the problem been solved?
It would seem that if the
administration would allow
fraternities and sororities at
Bowdoin in addition to the coed
organizations, first-year students
would find themselves presented
with a wide range of choices. It
would be another possible
experience in a widely varied and
diverse college population that, by
that time, would offer alternatives
to independents through the new
social center. Instead the
omnipVesent administration warns
that it plans to crack down on single-
coed organization doesn't? Despite
a complete lack of funding or aid
from Bowdoin, Chi Psi does well as
an all-male organization because
people have continually come to
the conclusion that the students they
know are not sexist pigs or
misogynists...they are good people;
they throw some good parties
(conforming to IFC guidelines) they
are active and contributing members
of the Bowdoin and Brunswick
communities, .which is why the
administration hasn't dared to crack
down on them. We at Zete have
every intention of returning to the
high level of respect that Zeta Psi
maintained for approximately one
hundred years before the advent of
a "local" body.
Bowdoin has also had an
unrecognized sorority for a number
of years under a number of different
names; last year the sorority even
had a house on Longfellow Street
for a semester but nobody ever wrote
to the Orient wishing the sorority
bad luck in the future; nobody ever
accused them of being sexist men-
haters or fretted that they would be
ill-prepared for the coed "real
world." Why not? Maybe for the
same reason that the Bowdoin
Women's Association isn't
considered by any rational person
to be threatening or dangerous..they
are both supportive groups that
celebrate the positive aspects of
being a woman while being more
aware of the trials and tribulations
of womanhood than society in
general.
This is the original purpose for
which I and many others believe
sororities and fraternities were
created. In my personal experience,
I see a need and a justification for a
supportive group in which men can
bond with other men with a feeling
similar to the one that, for the most
part, is only acceptable on athletic
teams or within families. Athletes
are often seen embracing, crying,
kissing and slapping each other on
the backside before, during and after
a given match. This spiritual
camraderie can be created off the
field in rare situations., like a
fraternity. If you think all there is to
a fraternity is sitting around,
drinking beer and talking about
women, then you deserve the
increasingly homogenous,
conservative, shallow experience
beingoffered by the administration.
Sincerely,
David Potischman, Vice-
President of Zeta Psi
Grading is important
Calvin and Hobbes
To the Editor:
As a previously proud Bowdoin
student (in that I am a Bowdoin
student and I used to be proud of it),
I would just like to express my
extreme disgust at the decision to
go to the five-point grading system.
I can no longer advise coming to
Bowdoin for the de-stressed
atmosphere (or for the classical style
of architecture, though that is a
completely different matter with
which I would again like to express
my extreme disgust). I just thought
that those in charge of the decision
would like to ignore this fact as they
ignored the 734 other facts presented
to them in the student vote of last
spring. Thank you.
Yours for another frustrating year
and eight months.
Amy R. Lewis '92
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Zetes "amicably separated"
Feminism
(Continued from page 19)
contact with other chapters, to be
able to pass down the traditions
and history to future members) and
subsequently, to adopt a different
(perhaps previous) system of
socialization.
This past summer, we learned
that the House Corporation (the
owners of the Zete building and its
land) intended to subscribe to the
administration's policies whatever
they might be. This, 27 Zetes (myslef
included) decided that if we were
going to be forced out of the Zete
house in the near future anyway,
we would try to reestablish our
chapter elsewhere as soon as we
possibly could. To describe the
current situation 1 will employ a
metaphor used by the Orient a few
weeks ago: I would say that the two
organizations are amicably
separated and not quite yet
divorced.
If we hated each other, it would
have been very easy to break away,
but this has been a painful process
for many of the Zetes and the
members of the organization which
now occupies 1 4 College St. We fear
that friendships have suffered and
might continue to suffer once the
break is complete.
However, 1 think we all believe
that it is ultimately for the
best...much like a divorce.
I think it is the opinion of
everyone (especially the juniors and
seniors_ that this has been the most
peaceful semester at 14 College St.
in the past several years. We are
currently living together
successfully and partying together
enjoyably; everyone realizes that
something is finally being done and
we are going to be able to get on
with our lives and our respective
organizations. This leads me to
conclude that we all have made the
right choice.
(Continued from page 20)
interests or don't hurt us much.
So we don't let ourselves be
bothered.
I know it's hard for you to think
of yourself as being closed -
minded about something but
consider it for a moment. A
wonderful array of feminists have
come to campus, not to spout off,
but to share their knowledge with
us and to empower us. Have you
listened to any of them?
It's more than unfortunate that
people are turned off to feminism,
that the very utteranceof the word
evokes guttural sounds. Most
people, especially women, agree
with many feminist ideas, but they
won't come to terms with the
movement. If that's what you are,
say it and embrace it. Ifmore people
would open up to feminism, they
would discover that they have
something to learn from it and
somethingtocontributetoit. People
would learn about the suffering
they've been overlooking. And the
movement would gain thestrength
that it deserves and so desperately
needs.
But maybe I'm being a little too
idealistic — we feminists tend to be
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Bowdoin's deficit: what does it really mean?
BY ANDREW WHEELER
Orient Focus Editor
Just say yes. The Bowdoin Administration
and the Governing Boards are not usingdrugs,
though. Instead, both are saying yes to another
bad habit — deficit spending. For the 1990
fiscal vear, which ended June 30, Bowdoin's
preliminary results show
that the College incurred
a $2.4 million deficit,
according to President
Robert H. Edwards.
"Very simply, Bowdoin
is spending at a higher level than its revenues
will support," wrote Edwards in a Oct. 5
memorandum to the Financial Planning
Committee, which met last weekend to review
the budget.
But there are many more factors, which
attribute to Bowdoin's situtation. With gifts
from the recent Capital Campaign flowing in
more slowly than anticipated and enrollment
fluctuations, the College underestimated
The
Where we stand . . ~\
Net Income of liberal aits colleges:
some of its expected revenues. This loss of
revenues is estimated at $1 million, according
to Edwards. The college also underestimated
some of its expenses as medical costs rose 49
percent, costing the college approximately
$500,000.
What about the
other $1 million?
During the last
month, the Orient has
repeatedly asked
many of the college
administrators for a
delineation of the
unaccounted cash.
The answers have
been rather vague,
ranging from paying
increased salaries to
paying for increasing
maintenance costs.
There is some
speculation that some
of the college's deans
used unappropriated funds to pay for poorly dipped into the quasi endowment, which are
funded programs. unrestricted funds given by alumni. The
"There were clearly some misses and College could tap into the $144 million fund
surprises," said Fred Quivey, the director for further if needed. In fact, with funds from
budgets, in reference to the pitfalls of the this endowment, the College could pay off
deficit. Bowdoin has the debt on the Field House tomorrow. This
Bates
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Pomona
Davidson
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Williams
Bowdoin
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Please note: Figures are for Fiscal '90. All
colleges are non-profit organizations.
run deficits of $1.9
million and $3.1
million for the fiscal
years 1988 and 1989.
Along with these
deficits, Bowdoin is
paying a six percent
interest rate on a $14
million debt, $9
million of which is for
the Farley Field
House and Alumni
Pool, another $5
million for the Hatch
Science Library.
To finance
Bowdoin's deficits,
the College has
account would consequently be depleted.
Although there were somemiscalcutaltions
on revenues and costs, the underlying factor
to the Bowdoin's budgetary woes is the
autonomy given to administrators and
departmental chairs to spend money. Quivey
explained how this is the case.
Each year Bowdoin receives the income
from its $144 endowment. The Governing
Boards distribute this money (on the average
of $15 million a year) either for budgetary
revenues or reinvestment purposes. Usually
half of it is reinvested in the endowment with
the rest finacning the annual budget in two
ways: Half for unrestricted funds, which can
be spent on anything, and other half for
restricted monies, which are designated to
(Continued on page 13)
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Visiting Zetes cause damage
BY LYNN WARNER
Orient Senior Editor
The continued controversy
between the Chi Delta Phi house
and the Zeta Psi members seeped
into the Bowdoin community this
past weekend when guests of Zeta
Psi damaged property in 1 4College
Street and the Moulton Union.
"As a result of the events of this
past weekend, the members of Chi
Delta Phi and Zeta Psi can no longer
cohabitate, and Zeta Psi will be
denied the privileges of the Chi
Delta Phi house," said Chi Delta
Phi President Peter
Macarthur '92.
Chi Delta Phi
decided that all
Zete members
currently living in
the house must
move out by
November 1, and
as of today no Zeta
Psis will be
allowed to eat at
14 College street.
Originally, the
Zeta Psi members
were given until
the beginning of
next semester to
find new living
and socializing
quarters.
Among the
many events that
angered the Chi
Delta Phi members
was the
destruction
wrought at 14 College St. by Zetes
visiting from other schools. Many
Chi Delts felt the Bowdoin Zetes'
failed to stop the reckless and
destructive behavior.
"The house was essentially
trashed both Saturday night and
early Sunday morning," said
Macarthur. According to
Macarthur, several windows were
smashed and tables overturned
during the course of the weekend
frolicking. Chi Delta Phi realizes that
Bowdoin Zetes did not directly
participate in this damage, he said,
but added he felt they could have
prevented it.
'The visitors for the most part
did it, but what upset us was the
lack of action taken by Zete members
to prevent it," Macarthur
commented.
Zeta Psi President Eric Band urski
'91 countered that the Zetes present
in the Chi Delta Phi house Saturday
evening did their best to control
their guests. Bandurski declined to
comment further about the damage
to 14 College St., but said, "We
believe that it is an internal affair
that should not concern the
campus.
However, the
destruction was
not confined to 14
College St.
Damage extended
into the Moulton
Union when a
Harvard Zeta Psi
wielded a fire
extinguisher and
sprayed it at
studentsattending
a "Screw Your
Roommate
Dance" in Main
Lounge.
Dean of
Students Kenneth
Lewallen reported
one Bowdoin
senior went to the
infirmary after
being sprayed
with foam from
the fire
(Continued on the
back page)
Administrators answer
concerns at open forum
BY JOSEPH SAWYER
Orient Staff
Raising concerns about the
college's new alcohol policy and
its financial situation, students
questioned .top administrators
during an open forum on Monday
night.
The administrative panel,
comprised of Dean of College Jane
Jervis, Dean of Students Kenneth
Lewallen, Director of Security Mike
Pander, and representatives from
the physical plant and dining
service, focused on the recently
announced $2.4 million budget
deficit.
The college has been "spending
beyond its means," said Jervis.
She said during the fiscal year
ending June30, 1990, Bowdoin had
an authorized deficit in the budget
of $900,000, but in the last three
months the college has determined
it be closer to the new figure.
Bowdoin would continue to curb
theovers pending problems of the
past few years, she said.
Despite the numbers, Jervis
insisted that Bowdoin is not in a
"state of financial crisis, nor is it in
danger of bankruptcy." She cited
the substantial endowment as
proof of the college's monetary
health.
It wasacknowledged, however,
that Bowdoin would have to re-
evaluate its priorities in order to
limit overspending in the future.
Jervis referred to President
Edwards' announcement at the
last faculty meeting to organize a
"strategic planning task force" to
help determine the importance of
certain programs.
Instead of making across-the-
board cuts, as in past years, the
new reductions will be
strategically distributed. The task
force will be consist of
administration, faculty, and
students.
(Continued on next page)
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Bowdoin's finances
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October 12, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Bowdoin ranked the fourth best school in the nation
U.b. News and World Report published its annual listing of the nation's elite schools: Bowdoin jumps nine places to fourth best school
BYMARKJEONG
Orient News Editor
U.S. News & World Report
published its annual "America's
Best Colleges" list. This year,
Bowdoin College was ranked as the
fourth best small liberal arts college
in the U.S., a nine place jump from
last year.
Last year, due to calculation
errors, Bowdoin was placed at the
13th position among the nation's
elite liberal arts colleges. The source
of the miscalculation was the
inaccurate data that was used to
calculate the standings.
The article based its overall
ranking of each institution on its
scores in five categories: academic
reputation, student selectivity,
retention patterns, faculty quality,
and financial resources.
Troubles began when college
officials missed the deadline for
sending information on financial
resources, such as library budget.
Best Liberal Arts Colleges
U Amherst College
2. Swarthmore College
3. Winiams College
4. Bowdoin College
5. Wellesley College
6. Pomona College
7. Wesleyan Diuvexsity
8. Middlebury College
9. Smith College
10. Davidson College
10. Vassar College
10. Carleton College
13. Claremont McKenna
College
14. Oberlih College
15. Washington & Lee
16. Grinneli College
17. Mount Hoiyoke
College
18. Colby College
19. Bates College
21. Haverford College
22. Colgate University
23. Bryn Mawr College
24. Occidental College
25. Barnard College
Best Universities
endowment income,
instructional expenditures.
t. Harvard University
Z Stanford University
3. Yale University
4. Princeton University
5. California Institute of
Technology
6. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
7* Duke University
8. Dartmouth University
9. Cornell University
10. Columbia University
11. University of
Chicago
12. Brown University
13. University of
Pennsylvania
14. Uni versi ty of
California at Berkley
15. Johns Hopkins Univ.
16. Rice University
17. UCLA
18. University of
Virginia
19. Georgetown
y University
20. University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
21. University of
Michigan
and
In turn, U.S. News & World Report
used incorrect data collected from
the Department of Education, which
undervalued the funds for the
library budget, endowment income.
and instructional expenditures.
Director of Public Relations
Richard Mercereau said he is happy
that the mistake did not happen
again. When asked about the face
valueofthelistMercereausaid, "It's
hard to know what to make of it.
and it's important not to make too
much of it."
With the publication of the 1990
list, Bowdoin also issued the
following statement: "We recognize
that this is a popular survey, and it's
nice to be listed among the nation's
College works to prevent denying study away 0npn fnrnwn
BY JOHN VALENTINE all Stu dem s study away because of — ^- — - *"*" JUrUlfl
top liberal arts colleges. However,
we continue tobelievethat,asatool
for prospective students, it is a poor
subsitution for campus visits,
conversations with students,
faculty, and friends,and a careful
assessment of one's educational
needs."
BY JOHN VALENTINE
Orient Staff
"Thecollegeis working for a more
pro-active and responsible study
away policy," said registrar Sarah
Bernard on the desire for Bowdoin
to meet students' study away needs.
For the spring 1991 semester, the
Recording Committeedenied fifteen
students permission to study away .
According to Dean of theCollege
Jane L. Jervis, reasons for limiting
the number of students who study
away are three-fold.
1. As the number of study away
programs increases, it becomes
more difficult to ascertain the
educational merit of each one. "How
in the world do we keep track of the
quality of all these programs."
wondered Jervis. In many cases, the
college grants a full year of credit
towards a Bowdoin degree for a
program about which it knows little.
2. The college is unsure what
impact studying away junior year
has on a student's major. Bowdoin
students declare their majors at the
end of their sophomore year, then
do much of the work for their major
abroad in programs about which
the college knows little.
3. The college cannot afford to let
all students study away because of
the financial drain. At a time when
Bowdoin is $3.1 million in debt, the
collegecannot afford to let too much
tuition leave the campus. Students
on financial aid also continue to
receive aid when they study away.
156 students are away this fall. 87
more are leaving next semester, but
only 59 are returning. The college
faces the problem of not having
enough studentson campus to meet
its budgetary needs.
Last spring, a committee was
created to study the values and
purpose of studying away along
with how to make it possible for
more students to participate.
Chaired by John Turner of the
romance languagesdepartmentand
including three faculty members.
Dean Ana Brown, and a student,
the committee's recommendations
are due at the end of this semester.
"One of the problems we face
right now is that spring seems to be
the popular semester for Bowdoin
students to study away, said
Bernard. There are several ideas
being considered to maintain the
necessary number of students on
campus. Increasing the size of the
freshman class ("frontloading") is
one possibility. Admitting more
transfer and exchange students in
their junior year and mid-year is
another.
However, transfers often need
financial aid which has already been
allocated by mid-year and other
colleges sometimes wish to keep
their students rather than let them
go on exchange. Requiring fifth-
year seniors to complete their work
during the spring semester rather
than the fall is also under
consideration. However, I'm not
too sure how comfortable we are
with that," said Bernard.
When asked how the Recording
Committee evaluated study away
applications, Bernard said that
preference was given to those
desiring to study in non-English
speaking countries, especially if it
is in conjunction with work in a
major or minor. Students studying
in English speaking countries had
to defend the importance studying
a way would have for their major or
minor.
"Bowdoin is most concerned with
students' academic lives... Students
can't just go abroad for a cultural
cxpcrienccwe want to be sure
there's a strong academic
component to study abroad," said
Bernard.
(Continued from page 1)
In addition, the college will
continue to pursue a policy which
limits the opening of teaching
positions. While there is no freeze
explained that finding the money,
facilities, and the people to make
suchanidea work would bedifficult.
Furthermore, she cited a six week
'trial run" by the college last year as
on luring, Bowdoip. is wary of unsuccessful. Jervis said "usaee (of
authorizing new positions in any the facilities) was microscopic. But
capacity. In conclusion. Jervis said
"We're going to have to be a little
more frugal. But the process is only
beginning."
Another issue raised was in
response to a rumor of a new policy
that would monitor in-house
student parties. Lewallen
announced that the administration
would recognize house parties
under certain conditions.
Hcexplained that students of ago
would be allowed to drink limited
maybe we need to keep trying.
Last year's decision by the faculty
to change the grading system was
again challenged. The panel ad vised
students to lobby the faculty if they
wanted to reopen the issue, but
emphasized that the vote has been a
decisive one. Jervis commented. "I
think that the faculty heard you,
understood you. and disagreed with
you."
Tony Pisani '92 announced the
formation of a "Wellness Coalition"
1 , , ""• ™iii»iiiuiiiiu »veuness coalition
amounts of alcohol, as long as the to "bring together representees
came to the Dean ti t and from all groupson campus devoted
talked about his/ her
responsibilities. The "host" would
also have to agree to let the party be
monitored. Lewallen said that this
plan was his latest effort "to try and
determine alternatives to campus-
wides." ,
Despite the new plan, students
questioned the college's
commitment to creating new
options on the weekend, including
extended hours for the language
lab and the athletic facilities. Jervis
to soundness of mind and bdd)
He argued that the coalition would
be "an organizational information
group that would have discussions
and make some efforts at problem
solving."
Other topics included evidence
of budget woes at the Pub. which \»
presently losing money, and the
shuttle service, which will not add
another van despite increasing
numbers of riders.
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October 12, 1990
r
A print displayed in the new exhibit. Courtesy of the Art Museum
collections.
•Walker Art Museum News
Sixty-six artists represented in exhibit
BY KEN LEGINS
Orient Staff
On October fifth the Walker
Art Museum opened an
exhibition of master prints that
was described by Donald
Rosenthal, associate d irector and
curator of collections, as "one of
the most significant collections
that the museum has ever
exhibited."
The title of the exhibition, From
Diirer to Picasso: Five Centuries of
Master Prints from a Private
Collection , attempts to incorporate
the ninety-one works by sixty-six
artists.
Many prints were given to the
college on a long term loan by an
individual that chose to remain
anonymous. The other prints are
from Bowdoin College's large
collection of prints.
As stated in the checklist, 'This
collection was specifically chosen to
encourage publicunderstanding and
appreciation of prints and to
complement Bowdoin College's
curriculum. During the fall semester
students in two courses, History of
the Graphic Arts, with Professor
Clifton C. Olds, and Printmaking I,
with Associate Professor Mark C.
Wethli, will use the exhibition as a
library of printmaking history and
technique."
The works, representing a vast
array of artists, was described by
Wethli as "a depiction of landmarks
." He said, "It will be a great
opportunity for the students to
see prints by artists who
transformed the use of wood and
metal mediums." Hedescribed the
transformation as an involvement
of more intricate designs through
the unique use of existing
mediums. Both Wethli and
Rosenthal emphasized the value
of the collection because of the
diverse history that the collection
provides along with a unique
historical prospective.
This rare exhibit provides the
Bowdoin Community a chance to
see some of the great masters and
to observe how their work
influenced both the art of other
arti sts and the ways in which these
artists expressed their
interpretation of the world.
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ORIENT INTERVIEW : Allen Wells - Associate Professor of History
Wells to address Colby conference
BY MARK JEONC
Orient News Editor
Colby College will host the first
meeting of a three year conference
series celebrating the quincentenary
of Columbus Day.
The conference is scheduled for
October 12, and associate professor
of history Allen Wells will give a
talk called Reinterpreting Indigenous
Cultures: The Inca and the Aztec.
This year's conference will focus
on the Indians of North and South
America before their world was
disrupted by the arrival of the
Europeans. Next year, the
conference will study the European
aspects of the exploration. In 1992,
the actual 500th anniversary of
Columbus Day, the conference will
address clashes between the
American Indians and Europeans
as they attempt to coexist.
When asked about his goals at the
conference, Wells said that he hopes
that the conference will further
dispel the myths and the
misunderstandings of the
relationship between the American
Indians and the European settlers.
Orient: Is this the first time that
the emphasis of Columbus Day was
directed to the American Indians?
Wells: I don't know if it's the first
time, but it's an attempt to correct
the historical record, which tends to
look only at the history of Columbus
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and the European exploration; apart
from that prism, we don't look at the
other perspectiveat all. So, hopefully
with all the hoopla associated with
the quincentenary, we can begin to
focus on what these Indian societies
were like, what their culture was
like, what their history was like,
and work not only to see how they
were affected by the Spanish
conquest/colonization in North
America, the English colonization,
or any European colonization, but
how they influenced European
culture and civilization- that the
exploration was a two-way street.
Orient: By saying that it was a
two-way street, do you think there
was an equal contribution between
the two?
Wells: I don't know if equal is the
right term; certainly the Europeans
were the conquerors, and they were
able to impose a system of
exploitation, economic and
otherwise on the Indians, and force
them to produce labor and
contribute. But also because of the
terrible demographic catastrophe
Europeans brought with them- all
kinds of old world diseases, like
smallpox, typhoid, cholera, and
measles, which the Indians, who
had been living in relative isolation
for millennium, had no resistance
to. So, in the first hundred years of
settlement, over 90 percent of North
and South American Indians died.
Part of it is spelling out what
happened, and looking at what the
impactof that demographic disaster
was on native American cultures.
Orient: How about relating
Columbus Day to discovering
North America to Indians
Wells: It's interesting that here
we call it Columbus day, but in
many parts of Latin America its not
called Columbus day. In fact its
called El Dia De La Rassa which
means the day of the race which
celebrates the mixture of the two
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shows what 1492 was really about,
it was about the collision of these
two cultures and the mixture of these
two cultures to form a new culture.
I think in Latin America, it is a day
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these two cultures. And the
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probably a more accurate way oi
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better way of viewing the idea of
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The Bowdoin Orient
Politics and the Bowdoin community:
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Library volunteer leaves books for ballots
BY ALEX McCRAY
Orient Staff
Sophia Pfeiffer, a Brunswick
resident and the volunteer for the
special collections, is running as the
democratic candidate for state
representative District 43.
If elected on November 6, Pfeiffer
will be a freshman legislator in the
state of Maine legislature.
She holds an impressive list of
experiences over the years. She held
the Chief Attorney position for the
Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Pfeifferalso worked on the editorial
research staffs of both Time Magazine
and National Geographic Society.
Locally, Pfeiffer was the Chair of
the Brunswick Village Review
Board, and for the past three years,
has been a volunteer in the Special
Collections department of the
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
Her latest challenge is to take her
voice to Augusta where shecan have
a greater impact in legislation. In a
recent interview with Pfeiffer, she
discussed her position:
Orient: Why are you running for
a position in the state legislature?
Pfeiffer The state legislature is a
good place to start to participate in
the law-making process, as a
•reshman legislator. After all, the
state legislature is becoming more
and more important. Under the
presidency of Reagan and under
Bush, more power was handed over
to the states.
Orient: If elected, what are your
plans for the state of Maine — either long-term or
short-term?
Pfeiffer. There is a three-fold response to that
question. Firstly, there are high property taxes. I want
the legislature to examine all taxes-income, sales,
excise, and property-critically. Pertaining to this issue
too, I want the state government to find other ways of
funding schools besides through property taxes.
Secondly, I would like to see a health-care program
for people of all ages and all economic denominations.
Thirdly, a public transportation system is needed
in Maine. I prefer the trains personally, and possibly
inner-city buses. A fair percentage of the state
population have no cars, therefore no way of getting
around the area.
Pfeiffer says that this is her first experience in the
political arena. "It's a learning experience," sheadmits.
She being new to the political arena did not stop her
from winning the primary in June, however.
Pfeiffer said that she loves the campaigning. She
acknowledges all the people, including family and
friends, who assist and support her in this endeavor.
Bowdoin Senior hopes for House seat
BY REBEKAH SMITH
Orient Staff
This year, a Bowdoin senior, Ron Banks, is running
for the Maine State Legislature. Banks is the Republican
candidate for House District 43, which consists of
about 8,000 voters in Brunswick. Explaining his decision
to run, Banks recalled, "Last Christmas it became
obvious there were going to be no Republican
candidates in any of Brunswick's three districts."
Wanting to give voters a legitimate choice. Banks opted
to run against Democrat Sophia Pfeiffer for the open
seat in House District 43, which is being vacated by
Democrat Charles Priest. With a lot of help from some
Brunswick Republicans, including Bowdoin alumnus
Dick Morrell and the chairman of the state
Environmental Protection Agency, Chris Livesay, his
candidacy took off.
Banks finds three issues of utmost importance in this
election. He believes that the environment, education
and property taxes definitely rank as the three most
important issues facing Mainers today. On the
environment. Banks explains, "Maine's recycling law
is very good. Brunswick has an excellent recycling
Sophia Pfeiffer .
Ron Banks.
program which could be used as a
model for other communities in the
state" Moreover, he feels the Maine
Turnpike Project needs to be re-
examined . Banks judges that money
might be better spent on other
systems, such as Maine's ailing
railroad system orotherdilapidated
infrastructure systems in the state.
Banks firmly believes in
educating Maine's youth.
"Improving the ed ucational climate
by working to keep drugs out of
schools" is essential, and Banks
believes this goal can be best
implemented through parental
involvement. "It's time we realized
drug education has to start at the
earliest levels," rather than in high
school, when it is often too late to
help the youths. In addition, Banks
sees the need for an expanded
curriculum to include such courses
as hemispheric history and
government courses focusing on
relations between fhe United States
and Canada or Latin America.
These curriculum improvements
would probably have to be
encouraged, rather than mandated
however, taking into consideration
the cond^ion of Maine's econom
and the negative effect it may havo
on implementing new programs
Banks' *hird targeted poHcvissu e
is one which he emphasizes in
discussions with Brunswick voters
and homeowners: property tax
relief. Throughout the state, people
are becoming agitated and
frustrated with the increases in
property taxes over the last ten to
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The Bowdoin Orient
October 12, 1990 5
Senior Spotlight
BY LANCE CONRAD
Orient Staff
On September 27, Senior Pub Night
entertained the Class of 1991 with a
special reunion performance from the
legendary duo "John and Gabe." It
marked their first public performance
together in over a year.
Over the past three years, most
seniors have heard John Casertano
'91 and Gabe Dorman '91 perform
their many Grateful Dead renditions.
According to Gabe, "We got started
in a Grateful Oead mode our first
year here, and we just can't get out of
it!" Judging by the reactions of the
Senior Class, most seem happy that
they have not.
Besides the Grateful Dead, John
and Gabe enjoy listening to a wide
variety of music. John also likes
Country; Gabe is partial to Gospel
and Blues.
John and Gabe met during our first
year at Bowdoin in an amusing
manner. John was giving a
presentation in the same class Gabe
was in, when Gabe asked John to
stand up and speak louder. John
responded angrily: "1 am standing."
They made amends after class,
realized they both lived in Winthrop,
and eventually decided to drop
together at Psi-Uthe following spring.
The rest is history. Now they live
together in Georgetown.
At Bowdoin, John and Gabe have
played at a variety of places, and in a
variety of conditions. Besides Pub
Nights, they have played for various
charity events, like Bear Aid, as well
as fraternities like Kappa Sig, Chi Psi,
and their very own Psi-U.
When asked of their most
pleasurable playing experience
together, they mutually agree that
playing at John's uncle's big,
Italian Orthodox wedding was a
lot of fun. Gabe also noted a
performance that he gave for 500
Tibetians in a disco as a memorable
experience last spring while he
was studying abroad.
This past summer Gabe was a
short-order cook in Freeport. He
now coins himself as, "one of the
best short-order cooks around."
When he was not refining his
culinary skills, he could often be
heard playing at Joshua's Tavern
with another Class of '91 music
great, "Stoole" Brown.
Next year they both plan on
returning to India where each
spent a semester studying. John, a
history major and psychology
minor, hopes to study religion and
myth in Central India. Gabe, a
history major and African-
American studies minor, would
like to work with Tibetian refugees
in Northern India.
Until the next show at Senior
Pub Night, keep your eyes and
ears open for John and Gabe. They
are two great, down-to-earth guys
playing a lot of good music.
This is the new Orient bi-weekly
feature entitled SENIOR
SPOTLIGHT. We are now
accepting nominations for those
seniors who have demonstrated
exceptional abilities in extra-
curricular activities at Bowdoin.
This could be an art exhibition, a
musical, an athletic event, a recital,
community service work, etc.
Please submit all nominations
throughout the year to, on behalf
of the senior class. Lance Conrad,
MU Box 118.
Big brother/sister helps
Bowdoin students find siblings away from
BY JAMIE GILLETTE
Orient Staff
While growing up, having a
big brother or big sister around
can make a difference in the
quality of a young person's life.
The support and attention
given by Bowdoin student
volunteers in the BigBrot hers/
Big Sisters program can mean
the same to their little brothers
and sisters from the Brunswick
community.
According to Ann Pierson,
faculty coordinator of the
program, the activity is one of
the oldest and most popular
ones on campus. This year,
approximately sixty first-time
participants attended the
recommended training session,
and, in Edition, two or three
dozen upperclass students
continue to spend time with
their kittles" from other years.
The philosophy of the
program comes from the idea
that by gtvingto someone who
has special needs, the volunteer
is able to get away from the
regular routine of college fife
♦ and get back something
rewardingTromtheexperience.
"Littles" are chosen from
elementary school students in
the Brunswick area who have
been singled Out as need) ng an
extra boost from an outside
source, The TLittfe* may come
fromaone-parent home.alow-
Lncome family, possibly even
akoholicorabusiveparents,orshe/
he might simply be shy and in need
of a positive role model.
Parents, teachers, or guidance
counselors concerned about the
development of these students send
their names to a central counselor,
who tries to pair the children with
Bowdoin volunteers.
Bowdoin students typically sign
up to participate in the early fall,
and then attend a short training
session In which they are instructed
on how to deal with problems they
might encounter whh the "littles".
In general, no screening of
applicants takes place; an
assumption is made that if students
are at Bowdoin, they will be good
candidates for the posltions-The Big
Brother/Big Sister meets with the
parenKs) of the potential "Little"
and ifeveryone feels that the match
is successful, the Big Brother/Big
Sister meets with the "Little"" one-
on-one.
Every campus activity which is
free to students is also free to
"Littles" visiting with Bowdoin
students, so many times they are
treated to dinner at the Tower, a
football or hockey game, or a trip to
the Arctic Museum. The general
advice given is to meet with the
"Little" for oneor two hours a week.
The commitment does not need to
be demanding, and allows for
consistency on the part of the
volunteer. "We try to make sure the
volunteer activity does not interfere
in any way with schoolwork, which
Is the main focus of students at
area youth
home
coltege...lfitbecome5aproblem
for the volunteer, the student
always has a way of gettingout
of the commitment," remarks
Pierson.
Besides simply taking their
"Littles" to events, the
volunteers give support to
younger children who need it.
"We can't expect to change a
kid's life once a week in a couple
of hours...We can try to be a
friend, listen to their problems,
and try to build self-esteem,"
explains Craig Roberts, student
co-coordinartorof the program,
who has had his "Little" for
three years. Ideally, a long-term
relationship can develop,
which can even continue past
graduation, and the program
offers a way for the Bowdoin
and Brunswickcommunitiesto
work together for a common
goal
Due to the large interest
displayed by Bowdoin
volunteers, the program will
hold an additional spring
trainingsession for any student
interested in getting involved
at that time. It is possible for
students wishing to volunteer
before spring, however, to go
to Sills 106 and ask for an
application and a copy of a
training video. Volunteers'
applications will be processed
and a counselors will try to
locate a "Little" as soon as one
is identified.
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Proctors make life easier
BY JULIEN YOO
Orient Staff
Proctors play an important part
in the residential life at Bowdoin.
Their job entails big
responsibilities, but it gives plenty
of paybacks.
Heather Bartlett '92, a proctor at
Winthropexplained that she really
enjoys living with the people on
her floor. "Everyone leaves their
doors open and everyone talks to
each other. It really worked out
well." While she says that she is
responsible for discipline/'it's not
like you're a police woman, you
respect and like each other."
Proctor-proctee relationships
can be rewarding for both sides.
Heather Mackay '94 and Michelle
Comeau '94 explained that not only
does their proctor (Bartlett) help
with maintenance problems, but
she is a good person to talk to and
"to ask stupid questions that we'd
be embarrassed to ask anybody
else, like where you sign up for
classes."
"We watch movies, hang out
and we've gotten to meet other
people through Heather." Melody
Farrin '92, an exchange from Smith
also living in Winthrop, agreed
that "it made coming to a new
school a lot easier."
Although being a proctor has
many advantages, it's not all fun
and games. "As a proctor, you're
more aware of vandalism, and
problems that may come up,"
explained Michael Bresnick '92,
the proctor of the first floor of
Coleman. With repeated fire
alarms and phones being pulled
out of the walls, these problems
can create some stress. Bresnick
feels that being a proctor is not an
easy job, but it is more positive
than negative. "I've met a lot of
people. As a junior, I wanted to
make some new friends. There
are some good people in our
dorm."
There are 28 proctors for the 4
houses and 6 dorms that house
more than half of the students at
Bowdoin. To become a proctor,
one must have good
communication skills, availability
and enthusiasm to help others.
Proctor selection begins in
February, and interested students
can contact the Dean of Students
office for more information about
the process.
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BY HEATHER ST. PETER
Orient Staff
Does the brisk chill in the air and
the panoramic colors of autumn
make you long to put aside your
books and get off campus for a
weekend or even for just the day?
Have you ever wanted to see some
of those beautiful lakes, mountains,
beaches, and state parks that make
Maine "Vacationland?" If so, make
your way to the second floor of
Sargeant Gymnasium to sign up
for one or more of the various trips
offered by the Bowdoin Outing
Club.
This organization, totalling well
over two-hundred members, is the
largest on campus, and it has much
to offer both experienced outdoor
enthusiasts and beginners alike.
*» sponsors trips in six different
areas-hiking, canoeing, rock
climbing, road biking, mountain
biking, and winter camping, with a
specific student in charge of each
d ivision. There are also fifty student
trip leaders who have undergone a
training program and gained
experience in the various areas in
order to serve as guides on the trips.
To become a member, one must
pay fifteen dollars in dues. This
money is used to pay for parts of the
new Outing Club cabin in Monson,
Maine, buying food and other
necessities for trips, and purchasing
a wide variety of outdoor
equipment, such as sleeping bags,
?3ves, tents, cross-country skis, all
which is at the disposal of
embers.
Co-president of the club, John
McClelland '91 emphasizes "our
trips and classes are open to
everyone, not just those who have
paid dues." One need only be a
member to rent equipment from
the equipment room, which is
located inthebasementof Appleton
Hall. Also new to the Outing Club
this year, along with its student-
built cabin in Monson, is the house
at 30 College Street, the "Earth
House." The club is sharing the
house with the Druids. According
to McClelland the house "serves a s
a more informal setting for pre-trip
meetings, classes for the leadership
program, and reunion dinners for
past trip participants."
There are obviously many fun
and adventurous ways to enjoy the
outdoors with theOuting Club, and
McClelland encourages anyone
who is interested to sign up either
as a member or just for a trip or two
at theOutingClubofficein Sergeant
Gymnasium.
Neil Rolde visits Bowdoin to campaign
BY BRENDAN RIELLY
Orient Staff
During lunch Tuesday, students
had something more interesting
than the messages inside the No
Smoking signs to consider.
Democratic Senatorial candidate
Neil Rolde made the rounds,
shaking hands and discussing his
candidacy against incumbent
Senator William Cohen.
Prior to his lunch-time
campaigning, Rolde granted the
Orient an interview, during which
he discussed a national health care
plan and the current budget debate
in the Congress.
Rolde has embraced a national
health care plan similar to Canada's
as the central issueof his campaign.
"If I get elected," predicted Rolde,
"the media's going to say that this is
the issue that elected me, and that's
true."
Rolde also said that, if elected on
the basis of such a campaign, his
fellow members of Congress would
have to acknowledge the
importance of health care to the
American people. "It would be a
strong argument to.. .pick up allies,"
said Rolde.
Rolde said his system of national
health care, based closely on
Canada's system of socialized
medicine, would abolish all
insurance companies while
providing health care to every
individual. "Health care is not a
privilege," said Rolde, "it's a right."
"Currently we have the most
expensive system in the world," said
Rolde, "but 40 million people don't
have (health insurance)."
A national system would not
require increased
taxes or further
complicate the
budget fight in
Congress, said
Rolde, but would
reduce the
bureaucracy and
expense of
insurance.
In 1970, the
year Canada
implemented its
socialized system
of health care,
both the United
States and
Canada spent
similar portions
of their Gross
National Product
(GNP), on health
care, according to ~ .. _ .. Z~~
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Rolde. In 1971,
the cost of Canada's health care
"went up to 85% of their GNP but
levelled off. Char's right now is at
1 1.5%. ..and that is the highest in the
world."
Rolde also answered charges by
Cohen that such a health care system
would require tax increases of $240
billion. "He doesn't subtract the
amount of health premiums and out
of pocket expenses saved," said
Rolde, "which amounts to $378
billion."
According to Rolde, another $58
billion would be saved by changing
the health care administrative
structure to resemble Canada's
single payer model. Canada has one
body that pays the medical
employees and resolves patient
claims.
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would result in reduced wages for
doctors and specialists,
acknowledged Rolde, but he said
the Physicians for National Health
Care and the College of Physicians
supported this system. In addition,
continued Rolde, the American
Association of Retired People and
the AFL/CIOhave made healthcare
"their number one issue."
"The health insurancecompanies
should look upon me as a savior,"
joked Rolde, "because they're
always screaming that they're
losing money."
Rolde also called the supply-side
economics of Reagan a "drastic
failure" which the Congress is just
now trying to remedy. "The top 5%
get tax cuts while nine out of ten
people pay more taxes than before
the 1986 tax cuts."
Rolde also decried the regressive
nature of the present income tax
which he said drops from 33% to
28% for people earning more than
$1 00,000 a year. Rolde said he would
increase the top taxation rate to 35%,
which would "bring in enough
revenue to avoid Medicare cuts and
those frighten the hell out of me."
Rolde said if elected he would
work to reduce taxesthat "crucified
the working classes...while leaving
the wealthy unscathed."
"Eventually you've to pay the
bill," said Rolde, 'The feel good era
has come to an end. We've got to
turn around and change the
direction the country's going in."
The Bowdoin Orient
October 12, 1990
Bowdoin Politics 1990 Bowdoin Poijtics 1990 Bowdoin Politics 1990 Bowdoin Politics 1990 Bowd oin Politics
Executive Board prepares for 'year of change 1
Suzanne Gunn '93
My goal is to open up
communication between students,
administration and faculty.
1 believe the diversity issue must
be addressed by Bowdoin' s
students, faculty and
administration. However, as the
chair of Exec Board, it is not my
place to specify an opinion.
I believe the problems at Bowdoin
that need to be addressed are: the
grading system, sexism, diversity,
and lack of com munication between
students and the administration. I
believe the solutions lie in first trying
to meet with and communicate
Rebekah Smith '93
My first main goal while serving
on the Exec Board isto help facilitate
the link between the students and
the Board, and to restore the board
regularly with the administration.
Then, if that does not work, go
forward with student opinion and
activism.
to be the true voice of the students.
My second goal is to get organized
and let the student body know that
we want to help them with concerns,
problems and /or issues. My third
goal is to pass the revamped student
constitution and get student input.
I think diversity is an important
concern here at Bowdoin. The
coalition for diversity is a very
important group. Diversity is
necessary, and the Exec Board
would like to help facilitate change.
A big current problem that needs
tobeaddressed is the issue of grades.
There are many avenues that can be
taken. We need to help organize
students. The sentiment is out there,
it just needs to be organized.
Mark Thompson '92
My major goal as a member of
the Exec Board is to increase contact
between the student body and the
administration. In the past, the
administration has not responded
properly to student concern. This
issue will be especially when the
grading system is reevaluated.
I feel that diversity is important
for the Bowdoin College
community. Although it is an
important issue, however,
John Ghanotakis '94
My goal while on the Exec Board
is to gain general perspective of the
College while serving the interests
peculiar to the student body. As a
freshman on the Board, I feel that
my position should primarily be
one of education and experience;
but due to the tremendous changes
being invoked within the college, 1
would like to play an active role in
tempering possible irresponsibility
and rapidity of such changes. I
would like to aid and abet the
traditional values and innovative
ideas of Bowdoin, such as the four
point grading system and see that
they exist for future students.
Jim Carenzo '93
My goals on the Exec Board are
to be a representative of the student
body through which their opinions
can be voiced to the administration
and to improve the college through
- any means that the Executive Board
allows me to.
I think it would be nice to see a
more diverse student body and
faculty. However, I would not like
to see reverse discrimination take
place with thebest person not being
accepted and /or hired.
A big problem at Bowdoin is
student apathy. I think the Board
needs to serve as more of a liaison
between the students and faculty/
administration and as a promoter
of school elections and the general
process.
Ara Cohen '93
While serving on the Exec Board,
one of my main goals is to have
student concerns heard more by
using the Executive Board as an
institutionalized "speaker's corner."
My second goal is to serve as an
easily accessible representative to
students. My third goal is to act as a
liaison between students and the
administration. Furthermore, in
I feel that the alteration of
Bowdoin's grading system is a big
problem at Bowdoin right now
which not only needs to be
addressed, but requires direct
action. The four-point system
represents and fosters something
awesome. The system mirrors the
philosophy of the college. The four-
point system is Bowdoin, meaning
the student body. The Executive
Board can be effective in gathering
student strength into one concrete
blockade that will tell the faculty
that the four-point grading system
is essential to the true characters of
the Bowdoin College and its student
body.
Suzanne Walker '91
My main goal on the Exec Board
is on a personal level, just to check it
out and see how it runs.
On a more ideological level, it's to
increase the Executive board's
accessibility. It would be great to
see more students utilize the Exec
Board to its fullest potential as a
vehicle of communication and
action.
Diversity is sorely needed here at
Bowdoin. (And might I add that if I
hear one more person offering up
the faculty agreement that it is
inherent in a concerted effort on
Bowdoin's part to diversify the
faculty istheloweringofstandards,
I'm going to puke.)
The biggest problem at Bowdon
is student drive/motivation to
embrace change. You tell me....
time I would also like to open up
better lines of communication with
the faculty.
Clearly, a lack of diversity is
present at Bowdoin, and measures
should be taken to change the
situation. I am rather frightened,
however, by the seemingly hostile
and extremist attitudes held by
many within mecollegecommunity.
Gray Rothkopf '91
Though I realize that this cannot
be done in even one year, my goal is
to sponsor a concerted effort, one
involving representatives from the
entire Bowdoin community, for the
purpose of accomplishing a set of
collective goals not limited to
diversifying faculty and removing
the sexist and racist elements from
the campus through education and
promote sexism and racism, such
as fraternities and sororities, that
glorify a nefarious past by their very
Gerald Jones '92
My goals at the executive board
are to get the board to full strength
before second semester, to show
the Exec Board the proper channels
to getting things done, and to take
care of old business from last year
and leave nothing open ended
before second semester.
I am totally in favor of gender
neutral language. I feel that every
group and organization (Women,
BGLAD, Hispanics, Jews, blacks,
and any other minority like Asians)
have the right to equal say and
representation in our Bowdoin
community as well as everywhere.
But we have to start somewhere
and here is as good as any.
There is a lack of communication
between theadministration and the
students. If the board is at full
strength, they can bridge this gap
and the two can work together and
ISSSZ&am '93
My goal is to help make the Exec
Board a more effective instrument
of change and communication on
campus. We must continue the
momentum begun last year by
completing the new constitution so
that it can be implemented as soon
as possible..
I believe Bowdoin's current
problems are: grades, sexism,
diversity, and the social life. All of
theseproblemscan at least be begun
to be solved through improved
communication. The Exec Board
and other campus groups can help
increase dialogue by sponsoring
discussions between students,
faculty and administration, where
problems can be debated and
solved.
Bowdoin's academic standards
should not be severely
compromised by an over-zealous
drive for diversity. . •
I feel that a big problem that needs
to be addressed is the issue of the
grading system. The only way to
keep the grades the way they are is
to put direct pressure on the faculty
and administration. I also think that
student-administration contact is
another problem that needs to be
addressed.
Rebekah Eubanks '93
My goal as an Executive Board
member is to help maximize
communication between the
student body and the
administration. I would also like to
see more student involvement
dealing with the issues that concern
Bowdoin.
Bowdoin needs more diversity,
especially among the faculty, but
without sacrificing its high
standards. No matter what the
existence
Diversity is only important in that
it helps to bring us to a greater
understanding of ourselves as one
race, brother and sister, respectful
of each other'sdiffering experience,
unashamedly curious. While we
continue to think of our individual
selves only as belonging to this or
that group, while we continue to
label ourselves, we will never be
biases; never be able to view an
individual as themselves, but only
as some facet of the group they've
Noah Litton '94
My main goal while on the Exec
Board is to better inform myself
and my classmates about what's
going on in Bowdoin.
While it is important for the
faculty to diversify, it is also
important for Bowdoin to at least
maintain its present high level of
faculty. Race should not be an issue
unless it comes down to two equally
qualified candidates. It would also
be beneficial on the part of Bo wdoin
to increase teacher salaries (at least
comparable to tuition increases) in
order to attract even better
professors.
The issues of grading policy is
the one of the biggest problems at
Bowdoin. The Exec Board can
convince the administration to have
another faculty voteand to get them
to consider the students voices
more. ..
Sacha Bacro '94
My main goal on the Exec Board
is to discover to some extent what
exactly goes on within the
framework of the Bowdoin Student
government and to promote the
Exec, board as a go-between the
students and faculty, because
students need to be aware of us as a
governing body.
I feel that Bowdoin college should
in any way, broaden its diversity in
terms of faculty, curriculum, and
student body.
A final decision in the issue of
fraternities and campus-wide
parties. The Executive board could
take a more active role in the
settlement of this dispute, whether
as a mediator or an active
participant.
monetary cost of finding quality
diverse faculty, I feel Bowdoin
needs to accomplish this
immediately since diversity is an
integral part of a good college
education and experience.
Bowdoin has a big need for more
school sponsored social activities
for the weekends. If the Exec Board
can strengthen the communication-
between the students and the
administration, this need can be
effectively related and solved.
adopted. Let us respect each other's
cultures, thoughts, feelings and
bodies but realize our sometimes
joyous, sometimes disappointing,
always overwhelming sameness.
However, how can Bowdoin gain
diversity , especially when the
administration seems more likely to
be cutting than hiring staff? This is a
tough question. With a change in
the student body there will come a
the situation demands, in an
economic fashion.
Romelia Leach '94
My goals are to increase people's
awareness of the Exec Board as to
the things that we do, by increasing
our involvement with the student
body on issues that directly affect
all of us as a whole.
Diversity, in my opinion, is an
integral part of any institution. It is
an issue that Bowdoin is lacking in.
I think that there are two very big
problems at Bowdoin. They are
diversity and fraternities. I don't
think that there is a definitive
solution to either problems. On the
issue of diversity the best path to
follow is to adopt a plan that will
bring diversified members and
courses to the college. As to what
the plan is that remains to be
discussed. As for fraternities,
whatever the decision is, everyone
won't be happy. What the final plan
of attack will be has yet to be
Mark Schulze, 93
Our biggest problem at Bowdoin
is ignorance and
misunderstanding . We must learn
to work together in this school if
we wish to make it better. We
must incorporate the students,
faculty, and administration into a
family. Sure, we can have
disagreements, but constant
fighting and bickering is not the
solution. Let's learn to
communicate our ideas, forge
closer ties with others in the
community and give Bowdoin a
little direction to carry us into the
nineties. . Let's look at what's best
for the school in the long run. The
189th academic year should be
remembered as a time of building,
not hasty change.
8
October 12, 1990
The Bowdoin Oneni
From Brunswick to Bowdoin....
BY EUSA BOXER
Orient Asst. News Editor
They stand accused. They are
afraid to be independent, afraid to
leave home. Some students
question whether these people have
even left home. They've been
labeled as "campus townies",
"mamma's boys", and "daddy's
girls".
They are residents of the
Brunswick community who
currently attend Bowdoin and, after
talking with them, it is evident that
the previous stereotypes simply do
not withstand scrutiny.
Furthermore, these students have
no long-distance phone bills to
speak of, the option of a home-
cooked meal at their disposal, and
packing to return home is about as
stressful as adjusting to their new
college town.
Theeaseof adjustment, however,
comes to a halt as soon as the
students set foot on campus.
According to Don Weafer, '93,
whose sister Kim iscurrently a first-
year student at Bowdoin,
"Anybody who's ever taken a walk
downtown can see that Brunswick
and Bowdoin are two entirely
different places."
Jessica Guptill, also a sophomore,
adds, "I had to make new friends,
learn where classes were located
and the names of buildings just like
Would you go to college in your own home town?
"I would never go to school in
my own town - I'd done
everything there was to do in
Concord by the time I was age
twelve." -Dave Rhines, '94,
Concord, NH
"No way! Dad could stop by
on his way home from work." -
Marshall Carter, '91 , Chappaqua,
NY
. The reason I chose to come here
was to get away from home. But if
for some reason I had to go back, I
wouldn't be concerned, becausethe
University in my hometown
provides a quality education." -Keri
Saltzman, '93, Omaha, NE
"Absolutely not. Part of going to
college is not only growing
everyone else." Although Cuptill
said she had to adjust to a new
school, she said she "did n't have the
possibility of being homesick."
Regarding the matter of not being
ready to leave home, it seems these
students are here not because they
cannot bear the thought of weaning
themselves from the homestead, but
because they do not see the
proximity of their families as any
kind of a threat or drawback. Kim
Weafer states, "1 grew up in an
extremely close family. I never hid
anything from my parents, so 1
didn't feel like I had to get away
from them."
Add itional inquiry further reveals
a common thread of confidence on
the part of each student utilizing
their homes and families as positive
options, rather than negative
hindrances. Tim Record, '92, says,
"No one in my family would ever
just drop by and say hi at a random
time, and I don't go home any more
than the average person, but it's
there if I need it, which is great."
Greg Lennox, '93, agrees. "If I
need a quiet place to go and unwind,
1 have that immediate option, where
most people don't. Also, my dad
and I have become a lot closer since
I ' ve been here - we ski together a lot
during the winter. I love spending
time with him, and I wouldn't be
able to if I was farther away."
But is there a trade-off? Was
anything sacrificed when these
students made the decision they
did? "I see my parents probably
once a week, and sometimes I think
it would be a neat experience to go
home for Thanksgiving not having
been there for three months,"
Lennox thinks. Record's only
negative reaction is "seeing
everyone take off for home during
breaks, while I never leave the
town."
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"I wouldn't do it. I have friends
there who are still in school, and I'd
be tempted to see them a lot. It
defeats the purpose of going to
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Jody Grind cranks out an inspiring sound
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Orient Arts Editor
It's a rare occasion when the
warm-up band tor a concert gets a
better reception than the main
attraction, but last Saturday night
was one of those times. The jody
grind band not only warmed up
the audience but set them afire with
a bluesy-folky-country- Spanish-
sound that was extremely
entertaining.
The jody grind band is a Georgia
based quartet. Led by the powerful
full throaty voice of Kelly Hogan
Murray, this band sings a unique
range of tunes tackling with
amazing dexterity everything from
Duke Ellington blues to Louis
Jourdan jive to Violent Femmes
type thrash to country swing to
jazz. Murray is backed up by the
interesting instrumental
combination of Walter Brewer on
drums, Robert Hayes on standup in a word unforgettable
away in the service. "You had a
good girl when you left," they'd
sing, "but Jody's got her now."
The band's program included
some new "experimental" songs as
well as many of the songs off of
their recently released debut album
One Man's Trash Is Another Man's
Treasure . Such songs as the flashy
forceful Eight Ball, the throbbing
and pulsating Peter Gunn, the strong
tempo changing title song One
Man's Trash, and the new heartfelt
ballad On The Fourth Of July really
brought the house down. Too bad
it's unheard of for a warm up band
to play an encore.
The star of the evening was
definitely Murray's voice. With
incredible ease, she moved from
one style to another. Murray's
ability to convey such emotion and
power in such a wide range of
musical mediums is definitely a
tribute to her artistic maturity and
versatility. Voices like Murray's are
The Jody Grind.
bass, and Bill Taft on guitar, banjo,
and occasionally vocals.
The band derives its name from
an expression that goes back to
WWII. The GIs would use it to
describe a guy who was making
out with his wife while he was
Murray's singing like the album
feels effortless and beautiful. This is
a band that is definitely going places.
If you missed the concert then all is
not lost, for you can still buy the
album and experience a strikingly
original music of the jody grind.
Bath's Chocolate Church hosts
Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias
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as a movie, is actually based on a
play by Robert Harling which
opened off Broadway in 1987.
This warm and witty look into
the lives of six southern women
starts its run at The Center for the The lives, loves, marriages, births
Arts at the Chocolate Church and deaths shared by these six
Friday, October 19, 1990. women weave a story that cannot
Playwright Robert Harling grew help but touch all those who see it.
up in the south, and his characters This Studio Theatre Production,
reflect his keen observation and directed by Thorn Watson plays
insight. Studio Theatre players Friday and Saturday evenings at
Claudia Hughesof South Portland, 8:00 p.m.(October 19, 20, 26, 27)
Renee Lamarre and Stacy Theberge and Sunday afternoons at 3:00
of Brunswick, Nancy E.H. Durgin
and Suzanne Rankin of Wiscasset,
and Janet Mecca of Windsor, are
faced with the challenging roles
which Harling's poignant script
provides.
p.m.(October 21 and 28 ).
Tickets are $8 and $10 and are
available at TheCenter for the Arts,
Mac Beans Music in Brunswick, and
BIW Employees' Federal Credit
Union.
Current exhibitions
owdoin Coleoe
■ WW I illli
Friday and Saturday
Admission: $2.50
free w/ Bowdoin I.D.
Pickard Theater
From Durer to Picasso: Five
Centuries of Master Prints from a
Private Collection
October 5 through December 9,
1 990- Temporary Exhibition Gallery
Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Included in this major exhibition
are more than ninety works from a
major private collection of
European master prints. Durer,
Hendrick, Goltzius, Rembrandt,
Canaletto, Tiepolo, Goya, Daumier,
Manet, Redon, and Picasso are
among the artists whose prints are
included in rare and beautiful
examples.
Twentieth-Century Art from the
Collections
Through March 31, 1991-
Twentieth Century Gallery
Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Up until now Bowdoin's varied
collection of twentieth-century
European and American painting,
sculpture, drawing, and
photographs has not had a gallery
of its own. This extended showing
provides a great opportunity for
one to study works dating from
WWI to the present day. Among
the artists included will be Jacques
Villon, Lyonel Feininger, Marsden
Hartley, Marguerite and William
Zorach, Andrew Wyeth, and Alex
Katz.
Nineteeenth-Century European
Works on Paper
October 2 through November 4,
1990 -John A. and Helen P. Becker
Gallery, Bowdoin College Art
Museum. This exhibition features
selections from the permanent
collection of nineteenth-century
prints and drawings. It surveys
representative works from
neoclassicism to post-
impressionism, including
examples by Blake, Goya, Manet,
Renoir, Cezanne, and Toulouse-
Lautrec. Highlights of the
exhibition are recent acquisitions
such as Cogniet's The Abduction of
Rebecca by Brian de Bois-Guilbert,
Chasseriau's . Apollo and Daphne,
Degas' On Stage III, and Rodin's
Springtime.
Charles Martin: New Yorker Artist
October 6 through December
9, 1990- Portland Museum of Art.
A long-time summer resident of
Monhegan Island, Charles Martin
recently settled in Portland. Works
included in this exhibition depict
his days on Monhegan, as well as
his life in the New York area.
Among the colorful and vivid
works in the exhibition are Martin's
New Yorker covers as well as a
series he did with a satirical twist
on the aspects of war.
10 October 12, 1990
The Bowdoin Ori ent
Musical ensemble performs
in Bowdoin Chapel
The Musicians of Swanne Alley,
a sextet which plays Elizabethan
music on the original instruments,
will perform in the Bo wdoin College
Chapel on Wednesday, October 17,
at 7:30 p.m.
The performance, which is
entitled "Italy in England, Some
Common Ground," explores the
influence of Italian music and
musicians in England in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
During the Elizabethan and
Jacobean eras, Italian manners and
music were very much in vogue
and consequently they had a
tremendous influence upon the
music being produced at this time.
The Italian styles and their
English hybrid s, as well as the music
of both Italian and English
composers will be included in the
performance.
The performance will be divided
intoninedifferentsections: Popular
Tunes(Someyearoflate in '88, Orlando
Sleeveth, My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe,
Stingo) ; Ayres to the LutdSleep
Slumb'ringeyes, Fair in a morn, Thyrsis
and Milla) ; Italian Musk for Winds
(Madonna se'l morire, Galliard,
Fantasia) ; Lute Solo (Mignarda,
Fantasit) ; Lessons for Consort (A
lieta vita. Sola Soletta, In Nomine
Pavan, Galliard to in Nomine, La
Coranto) ; Lute Duets of John
Johnson (Moderno, Short Almoin i,
Chi Passu) ; Italian Song in England
(A la Cocoa, Ahi che sacrecse'in me
I'usato, Crud' Amarylli, Lacrimar
sempre) ; Italian Divisions^ Ben qui si
mostra'l del, La Monica) ; to a Happy
LifeM lieta vita, Greensleeves, Joyne
Hands).
The Musicians of Swanne Alley
were co-founded by Lyle
Nordstrom and Paul O'Dette, who
wanted to revitalize the
performance of the Elizabethan
consort literature.
The group makes use of a variety
of instruments from the time period,
including violas, violins, pandoras,
citterns, recorder and the lute. The
Musicians of Swanne Alley are
Emily Van Evera (soprano, flute,
recorder) Christel Thielmann (viola,
recorder) Paul C Dette (lute,
theorbo) Patricia Adams
Nordstrom (cittern, recorder) Lyle
Nordstrom (pandora, lute,
recorder) David Douglass (violin,
recorder). The group recently
released the album In the Streets and
Theatres of London, on the Virgin
Classics label.
The performance is open to the
public, but seating is limited and by
ticket only.
Tickets are free with a Bowdoin
ID, $10 for the general public and
$8 for seniors, and are available in
advance at the Events Office,
Moulton Union.
Parenthood
USA 1989
Friday, October 12, Smith
Auditorium, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
Parenthood was chosen for
Bowdoin's Parent's Weekend
with the optimistic hope that it
would offer something to both
generations of viewers. It has
been years since Jason Robards
offered anything of substance on
film, and here he presides over a
large and very fractured brood
of warring children and relatives.
Steve Martin, painfully funny in
any film, is more complex here
than usual, endearingly pitiful
as he spins out of control in a
frantic over-fulfillment of his
V^pa rental duties. For added effect.
Iff '■ * irt ■■■■■■■
Rick Moranis
drills his baby
daughter inKafka, a not-too-bright
toddler gets his head stuck in a
chair, and Martin pioneers a now
on-the-road technique in stress
reduction.
The Graduate
USA 1967 115 minutes
Saturday, October 13, Smith
Auditorium, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m.
One of the greatest critical
successes of all time, The Graduate,
rocketed Dustin Hoffman to
stardom with his portrayal of the
inexperienced college graduate
who returns home to his affluent,
insensitive parents, has an affair
with his parents' neurotic,
alcoholic neighbor and ends up
falling in love with her daughter
Director Mike Nichols garnered
/nVOscar for his imaginative
^/brilliant direction of his
commentary on American values,
the generation gap and late '60s
youth.
La Dolce Vita
Italy 1961 180 minutes
Wednesday, October 17
Kresge Auditorium, 3:30 and 8:00
p.m. Director Federico Fellini's
Oscar-winning film exposes the
decadent side of Roman society
as seen through the eyes of a
cynical journalist who searches
for sensational items for his
scandal sheet. In Italian with
subtitles.
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Sunday fun run
On Sunday afternoon at 1:30pm, the
Senior Class is sponsoring a 5K (3.1 mile)
Fun Run to benefit the United Way of
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$3.00 donation. Registration can be done
on Sunday from 12:30pm until race time.
The course will start from the Dudley
Coe Health Center lawn, be comprised of
the infamous "Hospital Loop," and end at
the Chapel. The Fun Run is open to all
members of the Bowdoin Community, as
well as parents visiting for Parents
Weekend. Prizes will be awarded for the
first three men and women finishers.
The United Way of Mid-Coast Maine
supports over 30 wonderful organizations
and programs in the Bath-Brunswickarea.
The Red Cross, Big Brothers/Big Sisters,
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Planning, Merrymeeting Aids Support
Services - theseareamong the many which
will benefit from your participation in
this Fun Run.
If you would like to help the United
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The Bowdoin Orient
October 12, 1990 13
FOCUS
Several factors lead to an increase in tuition/fees
BY VINCENT P. JACKS II
Orient staff
• Why must we pay more? Several
students have been asking why the
cost of attendance has increased
within a year from $20,200 dollars
to $21,900 (8.4 percent). Some stu-
dents attribute
escalation of
costs to the nine
million debt of
Farley Field
House. Others
characterize
such increase to the four million
debt of the Hatch Science Library.
These assumptions are partially
correct.
The cost of attendance includes
estimated costs of travel for stu-
dents; student activity fees; the
average cost of books; room; board;
tuition; and expenses. This money
is received by the treasurer of the
college along with endowment
sources and appropriated to cover
the expenses of the college.
Some of the expenses covered by
the endowment and student fees
are instructor and administrative
salaries; books requested for library
and bookstore stock; workers'
compensation; and social security.
Other costs comprised include
operational expenses (e.g., electric-
ity, fuel, water); and expansion of
research and athletic facilities at
Bowdoin. It is also important to
note that student health insurance
increased 49% this year, affecting a
portion of tuition increase.
Fred J. Quivey,director of budg-
ets, said that three 'ground rules'
govern the allocation of funds and
subsequent tuiton costs.
Ground rule one calls for an
upholding of the 'need-blind ad-
mission practice.' The term 'need-
blind admission practice' is a cliche
for the budgetary function of the
college. This function represents the
payment of scholarships and grants
through college revenues, allowing
the acceptance of students regard-
less of financial status.
Ground rule two offers a system
of salary compensation for faculty
competing for positions within the
18 selected Liberal Arts colleges.
This system is known as the 4,5,6
faculty salary compensation pro-
gram. Bowdoin strives to maintain
such rule in efforts to attract quality
professorial staff.
Ground rule three proposes that
the college appropriate funds for
the immediate maintenance and
repair of College facilities; and other
Physical Plant needs. Quivey said
that in 1982*83 Bowdoin put forth
$7.4 million dollars for building
repairs, due to deferred mainte-
nance.
"If for no more than aesthetic
reasons, why put-off maintenance
which can be completed now,"
commented Quivey.
Quivey said that tuition and
endowments typically cover a large
portion of the college's operating
fees. However, reinvestment stipu-
lations and restricted endowments
limit the extent in which such funds
may be used.
The five-year Capital Campaign
What is FOCUS?
"Putting into practice a lot of ideas you believe to be
right is not embarrassing at all. It is gratifying not to
have anything to be ashamed of when you go home at
night."
—Robert McNeil
A Colby student and I shared some of our common interests last
February when I learned that she was the the editor of the Focus
section ** ThP Colbv Echo . She described the content of the section.
I was sold — welcome to Focus.
The purpose of the Orient's Focus section is to address issues on
campus that affect students, faculty and staff, in one way or another.
The section also hopes to examine where Bowdoin lies in the greater
Bath-Brunswick area in regards to the various economical, political
and social factors. .... , v ^ A ft<~
I have assembled a staff of curious and critical journalists^ After
talking to the executive producer of Boston's National Public Televi-
sion, I learned that a good journalist asks questions, and simply
recordsthe answers. However, as human beings and students, weall
have our own prejudices and biases. But as journalists, we must set
aside these inclinations with the aim of reporting the truth.
I feel that we have done that with our premier issue, exploring
Bowdoin's financial status. Our first obligation is to you, the readers,
not to prove any of our preconceived notions. The truth and facts
speak for themselves. It is up to the reader to make a judgement,
based upon the given information and analysis.
Andrew Wheeler
Focus Editor
ended in December 1989. Under
the direction of former President A.
Leroy Greason, the goal was $56
million. The amount raised equal-
led $57.17 million, which brought
the total amount of the college's en-
downment to $144 million, as re-
ported in the Sept. 5, 1990 issue of
77k Chronicle of Higher Education Al-
manac. Yet, this was not enough.
Although Richard Seaman, Vice-
President of Development, believes
that gifts and sources of unrestricted
funding are constantly sought; these
monies are not solving Bowdoin's
ills, however.
"The budget (of Bowdoin Col-
lege] is built around a variety of
factors: income sources, expendi-
ture levels, staff members, inflation
. . ." said Seaman.
Funds to pay for items such as
professorial and administrative
positions come neither solely from
tuition nor endowment, but com-
bined with the Alumni Fund, Par-
ent Fund, and gifts from friends of
Bowdoin.
In light of Bowdoin's deficit, and
recent closing of a large campaign,
Seaman said that there are no
immediate projects scheduled to
raise large sums of financial sup-
port. Nontheless, his office will
continue their "usual on-going
fund-raising efforts - the Annual
Giving program."
Director of General Accounting,
Martin Szydlowski commented:
"We [members of Bowdoin Col-
lege) are in a time of transition.
We've completed a successful cam-
paign that has allowed us to do
The last ten years . . .
Year
1980-81
Cost of tution/fees
Increase bv %
$8,900
—
1981-82
$10,250
15.2%
1982-83
$11,500
12.2%
1983-84
$12,850
11.7%
1984-85
$13,750
7.0%
1985-86
$14,700
6.9%
1986-87
$15,700
6.8%
1987-88
$16,800
7.0%
1988-89
$18,100
7.7%
1989-90
$20,200
11.6%
1990-91
$21,900
8.47%
many things academically and fi-
cially. However, we are living a bit
beyond our means."
Szydlowski suggested that the
problem of Bowdoin's deficit and
subsequent increase in student at-
tendence fees rest not in one indi-
vidual's decision, but in the com-
pounding decisions of many.
'The deficit is a collective prob-
lem," he added.
Szydlowski is responsible for the
oversight of all accounts, systems,
and functions of the college. He
decides which endowment sources
will pay for certain expenses. In
addition to this workload, he ac-
counts for the college's investments,
reporting data to the Governing
Boards.
"Bowdoin has had excellent in-
vestment returns, but needs to scru-
tinize its growth as an institution,"
remarked Szydlowski. He also
believed that the people involved
in the governing of the college's
appropriation of funds need to en-
sure successful intertwining of the
financial needs of the institution
IBowdoin College] with the 'pro-
gramatic' needs.
With Bowdoin running a budget
deficit for the last three years and
with two major capital projects
(Farley field House and the Hatch
Science Library) remaining incom-
pletely funded, one can assume that
tuition will continue to rise.
Bowdoin's financial woes
(continued from page 1)
fund a specific program or a
student's scholarship.
Frequently, the unrestricted
funds are depleted quickly while
the money allocated to restricted
funds is spent, contingent on filling
a specified need. As this pattern has
developed, many in the college have
spent at liberty. Often assuming that
another area in the college has not
spent its allotted budget, many in
the college will then spend
additional monies to meet the rising
demands, according to Quivey.
"This is spending blind," remarked
Quivey. 'The Governing Board's
theory (of dividing the monies in
two ways) was excellent, but its
application was faulty," continued
Quivey, "This is not to say that we
have bad administrators." In the
future, Quivey has initiated a
distribution formula, which is
identical to the above framework,
but with one exception — people can
not spend a penny more than they
are allocated.
"It is clear that we have been
operating beyond our needs,"
remarked Jane Jervis, dean of the
college. She, however, believed that
the college had "a genuine wish to
have a top-notch everything." With
this in mind, the Orient has learned
that the Senior Staff, which includes
the president, dean of faculty , dean
of the college, dean for development,
and the vice-president of planning,
sent the 1989-90 proposed budget
with a $988,000 deficit to the
Governing Boards for approval. It
was either incur a deficit or cut
programs. The Governing Boards
chose the former.
Bowdoin is not the only college
incurring a budget deficit for fiscal
1990. "A sobering result," said James
Kolesar, treasurer of Williams
College, in reference to Williams'
$1.25 million deficit. Kolesar said
an increase in medical and legal
costs, combined with a shortfall of
expected revenue, attributed to the
deficit. Amherst College with a
$859,000 deficit also had to pay for
added medical costs.
Cm the other hand, Colby College
and Bates College reported a small
excess of revenue to expenditure
for fiscal 1990, $44,000 and $200,000,
respectively. "We budget very
conservatively," said Doug
Reinhardt, treasurer for Colby.
What happens if budget deficits
continue? Can Bowdoin always tap
into the quasi endowment? Some
are concerned with the present
situation, including Edwards. To
rectify the situation, Edwards plans
to initiate a Strategic Planning Task
Force to identify the priorities of the
College. Along with some members
of the faculty, senioradministration,
President Robert H. Edwards
and students, Edwards would chair
the Task Force, which hopes to
report to the College and the
Governing Boards in June on its
findings.
Despite Bowdoin's current
situation, Edwards is optimistic. In
a recent interview, he cited the
College's good physical plant, its
fine faculty and student body. In
terms of its total return on
investments, Bowdoin is ranked 13
out of 187 colleges, comparing a
school's performance over the last
decade. And with a healthy
endowment of $144 million and
assets valued over a $1 billion,
Bowdoin will not file tor chapter 1 1
anytime soon.
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Who's footing the bill and what's for dessert?
BY DAN COURCEY
Orient Staff
"Regarding the facts, the college
is increasingly confident that it
knows precisely, what its revenues
and expenditures are and that it
has controls over thir flows." wrote
President Ed-
mn^mm^m^immm
wards in the
Oct. 5 memo-
randum to the
Financial Plan-
ning Commit-
tee.
President Robert Edwards, Tho-
mas Hochstet tier and the rest of the
Bowdoin Financial Planning Com-
mittee have had a lot on their minds
lately -and with good reason. Now,
I don't claim to be a financial wiz-
ard of any sort, but even the dullest
of wits is capable of discerning that
something'sawry in our most ivory
of towers.
It's Parent's Weekend 1990, and
the last thing you want to hearabout
is the financial quandary your fu-
ture alma-mater is currently wal-
lowing in. But, in spiteof the rolled-
out carpets and the freshly washed
windows that seem to be just about
everywhere this time of year, the
rumors persist and the tuition fig-
ures continue to rise. The big ques-
tions are "Who's footing the bill
and what's for dessert?"
In celebration of this delightful
achievement, I have come up with
a list of some Parent Weekend tips
for those of you looking for that
"special twist" to you parental visi-
tation period: 1) Why not take the
folks over to the Hatch Library con-
Miscommunication and
surreptitious denial aren't
exactly the hallmarks of a
responsible college
administration.
struction site for a brief glimpse of
what's really on tap at Bowdoin
College. Shout with glee as your
parents indignantly ask in unison
"Son/Daughter, what's that big,
ugly steel girder doing in the
middle of that aesthetically pleas-
ing brick facade?" (not to mention
the pine trees). 2) Got a minute
after breakfast on Saturday? While
the rest of the sophomore class is
attending Dean Brown's Study
Away presentation at the Moulton
Union, think about visiting Bill
Callahan '92 in his Brunswick
Apartment prison cell where he and
1 4 other students, who were denied
permission to study away, will be
presenting a lecture entitled "How
to Deal with your Friend's Post-
cards from Abroad". 3) Finally, as a
last resort, take the 'rents for a stroll
to the Bill Farley Memorial Field-
house. Be sure to point out the irony
of the vast amounts of dollars that
were spent on this hugely supreme
edificcand Mr. Fruit-of-the- Loom's
current financial plunder.
See what I'm getting at? Here's a
snippet to add to your already
mighty cocktail trivia arsenal: "Did
you know that Bowdoin College
has been operating at a budget defi-
cit for the past three years?" De-
pending on who you know or who
you talk to, the figure could beany-
where in the ballpark of $2.4 to S3.1
million dollars. That's a lot of pizza.
The problem is not, however,
indigenous to Bowdoin. Other col-
leges, of comparable size and cost
have also been experiencing finan-
cial difficulties - it's just that the
Bowdoin model is a slightly more
extreme.
This could all be simply written
off as the legacy of one Mr. A. Le-
Rcy Greason, but it isn't that easy.
Granted, mistakes aplenty were
made during the last years of the
Greason dynasty - miscommunica-
tion and personal differences
amongst the staff notwithstanding
- but that doesn't do us any good
now. Dudley Woodall resigned, the
lamb was sacrificed and the slate
was made clean. Today, however,
we are paying the consequences for
the College's past financial irrespon-
sibility, regardless of how benevo-
lent its intentions might have been.
I interviewed Thomas Hochstet-
tler, the Dean of Planning, last week.
Amidst wild rumors of financial
mayhem emanating from the lunch-
eon bungalows of Wentworth Hall,
the Dean was eager to set things
straight. He attributed the current
deficit problem to three things: a
decrease in actual enrollment fig-
ures compared to the projected
expectations, an increase in college
expenditures and the inadequacies
of the old budgetary process that
treated "everyone equally, which is
good in a democracy, but bad in
business". Alluding to the proposed
budget cuts for the 1990-91 Aca-
demic year as an "institutional de-
fining process" (a phrase that is
being used an awful lot in the early
morning meetings of the Financial
Planning Committee), the Dean
seemed to paint a relatively rosy
picture for the future, by saying:
So what's the big deal?
The problem is not the
debit itself, but the
manner in which it was
dealt with - especially in
the public realm.
"We're not talking about major
surgery here, we're talking about
refocusing .... We need toconsiderif
we are all things to everybody; we
need to ask ourselves "What is our
mission?".
Let's not lose perspective here.
On the surface, there's not a helluva
lot to get upset about. There's no rat
to be found here. We all make mis-
takes.
Yesterday, I received a telephone
call from my elated grandfather.
"Did you know that Bowdoin'sbeen
ranked fourth in the nation among
liberal arts colleges?" Now he, along
with the rest of Florida's grandpar-
ents, can proudly wear his grand-
son's college baseball cap as he basks
away in the sun of some far away
beach (and who's to say I shouldn't
be happy for him?) We have a new
President, filled with fresh ideas,
committed to theconcept of change.
The Financial Planning Committee
has firmly resolved itself to "using
the budget, instead of letting the
budget use us". In spite of what-
ever skeleton we're able to dig up,
whatever financial program we're
.able to embark upon, we'reall going
to ha ve to bear the brunt of this belt-
tightening process and "suck it up"
(as some of my proctees might say).
So what's the big Deal? The prob-
lem is not the debit itself, but the
manner in which it was dealt with -
especially in the public realm.
Miscommunication and surrepti-
tious denial aren't exactly the hall-
mark of a responsible College
administration. Both the faculty and
students were pretty much left in
the dark for three entire years on
this budget deficit matter. What else
have we missed out on? How can
one possibly have faith in a system
that instead of opening dealing with
matters of importance to the Col-
lege community, opts to hide be-
hind a blizzard of mis-guided ru-
mors and insinuations? Next time
(and I sincerely hope there won't be
another one), let's try to be a little
more forthright and honest with
ourselves. By the way, have an
enjoyable Parent's Weekend.
An interview with the President
Edwards discusses the
1 <
college's finances
Why is Bowdoin in a deficit? What
are the priorities of the college?
Yesterday, Sharon Hayes, the Orient
Editor-in-Chief, aaddressed some of
these concerns with President Robert
H. Edwards,Bowdoin'sl4th President.
The Orient: When you accepted the
position of President, did you forsee
a $2.4 million deficit?
Edwards: During the course of the
discussions there was a broad
conversational
exploration of
the financial
condition of the
institution, it
was clear to me
that the finances were going to be a
matter of concern. So to that extent
there wascomplete representation,
and as I commented to the FPC
that's why I took the job. This is a
good place and it needs to get these
problems sorted out — I enjoy
problems.
What I did not know was that the
budget was this far out of balance,
but that is a matter of degree. So I
knew two things coming in: one,
that Bowdoin's finances were foing
to have to be set straight, as I say
they're not grave but they need to
be set straight. I also knew that this
was going to be a tough decade for
Higher education in America. And
as you look around, there are a lot
of colleges and universities that are
confronting the same situation as
we are.
I am determined that we are not
going to stand still. We're still going
to have to spend money, the college
has got to go forward, I am
absolutely persuaded.
I had two conversations
yesterday, one with a campus
planner and designer and another
with an architect about adaptive
use of space.
No, but I was not surprised we
had a budget deficit?
The Orient: Is the financial process
at fault for the deficit?
Edwards: What I think has
happened here is that a lot of very
good things have been done by a lot
of different divisions of the
institution, acting somewhat in
accord with their own lights and
the difficulty is that they don't join
at the top terribly well. The problem
is, can we rebalance in such a way
that we can contain these things
within the revenues that we can
resonalbly forecast. The thing that
isparticularlytroubling isthatthere
is a diverging line. Our revenues
are going to be under increasing
pressure, because the fee is not
going to rise substantially above
the rate of inflation — it's going to
rise very slightly above the rate of
inflation. The Capital Campaign is
nowover — thatisagift stream those
funds will be going away. So the
refore the concern is we have a
divergence where we have
expenses rising fasterthanrevenues
which is not a situation you can
allow yourself to get into.
The Orient: What is the
"priority" of a college?
Edwards: It is everything that
costs money. And you discover that
when you start saying wat are the
things that are important to us that
cost money. You can contain those
on a piece of paper and they can
become tha first orders of priority
and the second order of priority
and it is very interesting for an
institution to look at those things.
Faculty will look at it and see it
from a certain point of view,
students will see it from a certain
point of view. And the reason for
having a committee which is small
but contains people from different
constituences is too make sure that
we have those different
understandings those different
views of the situation.
Coming up in two weeks - Part II
The Orient Focus staff will address the
future of Bowdoin's finances in the October
26th issue. Articles will address the funding
of the William Farley Field House and the
Science Center. The staff will also look at the
Department of Justice's investigation of price-
fixing among several select colleges.
Has William Farley paid his fair share for the Held house?
Read about out this in the Oct 26 issue. Photo by Jim Sabo.
The Bowdoin Orient
October 12, 1990 17
SPORTS
Surprise win for men's cross country
Callahan leads squad to first trophy since 1972 with Codfish Bowl victory
BY DAVE PAGE
Orient Staff
Sam Sharkey "93 and Bill Callahan '92, shown in a meet earlier this
fall, led Bowdoin to the Codfish Bowl win. Photo by Chris Strassel.
Women's cross country
second at Invitational
BY BILL CALLAHAN
Orient Staff
The women's cross country squad
gained revenge on Smith last
weekend, but fell to Springfield at
the Mount Holyoke Invitational.
Springfield's total of 29 easily beat
Bowdoin, while Smith was a distant
third with 86. Six teams competed
in the meet in South Hadley, MA.
The top finisher for Bowdoin was
Meike Van Zante '94 in second place
overall. Her time of 19:23 was only
ten seconds off the winner, Allie
Homko of Springfield.
Continuing her excellent season
with a seventh place finish was
sophomore Ashley Werhner (1 9:35).
Classmate Tricia Connell was
twelfth in 20:05.
"Meike, Ashley and Tricia are
carrying the team right no w. We are
going to need help from other people
on the team if we really want to
excel," commented Coach Peter
Slovenski.
Sarah Perroti '94 gave another
impressive performance, placing
seventeenth. Co-captain Margaret
Heron '91 finished out the scoring
in twenty-second place.
Eileen Hunt '93 was right on
Heron's heels in 24th, while senior
Gwen Kay ran her best race of the
season to place 38th.
The Polar Bears are ranked second
in New England Division III, and go
against top ranked Williams this
weekend at home, in the NESCAC
meet. Slovenski labeled the Ephs
prohibitive favorites.
The start/finish line is at Farley
Field House and the course winds
throughout the campus, including
through the VAC and across the
Quad. Racetime is 1:00 p.m.
tomorrow.
In their best performance in nearly
two decades, the men's cross-
country team bested eleven other
squads from throughout New
England in a 53-mile race in Boston's
Franklin Park last Saturday to claim
the coveted Codfish Bowl.
The win marks the Polar Bear
harriers' first trophy since the 1972
State of Maine meet, and serves
notice that Bowdoin can once again
contend with New England's
Division III elite.
An elated Coach Peter Slovenski
commented that "it was a great race
for us. For the first time in many
years, the guys really feel confident
that they can run with the best, and
it showed."
The Bears overcame stiff
competition from Division I Holy
Cross, (the defending champion).
Division II Bentley, and longtime
NESCAC power Bates to post the
victory, boosting their season's
record to 13-3.
Unfortunately, official team
scores, as well as individual places
and times, remained unavailable at
press time.
Bowdoin was led by the third-
place finish of Bill Callahan '92,
whose continued excellence drew
Slovenski's praise: "Bill is running
beautifully. He's relaxed and
confident each week in his races."
In explaining his strong showing,
Callahan modestly pointed to the
counsels of new assistant coach
Todd Coffin, a former Colby Ail-
American, as well as to a good
knowledge of the Franklin Park
course acquired during several
previous races there. Joining
Callahan in the scoring column were
Lance Hickey '91 (seventh overall),
Sam Sharkey '93, Andrew Yim '93,
and Rob McDowell '91 , in the team's
second through fifth positions,
respectively.
The improvement of McDowell
and sixth man Andy Kinley '93 has
not gone unnoticed by Slovenski,
who is delighted to have the added
depth: "With the steady
improvement of these two guys, we
now have seven or eight potential
point-scorers."
The triumph was all the sweeter
as it marked the first time in
seventeen years that Bowdoin has
beaten ancient rival Bates. A
pleasantly surprised Callahan was
thus forced to make good on a vow,
made several weeks ago in practice,
to shave his head if the Bears were
ever to defeat the Bobcats (teammate
Dave Wood '93 did the honors after
the race).
This Saturday's NESCAC meet
on Bowdoin's own home course
poses the ultimate challenge for the
Bears, who have never before
finished higher than sixth in the
eleven-team field. Colby, Bates and
Williams head the list of contenders,
while schools such as Middlebury
and Hamilton, about whom little is
known, could emerge as dangerous
dark horses.
Still, Slovenski remains hopeful.
"We don't know how good we are
yet, but we'll find out Saturday. We
hope to use the home-course
advantage to achieve our best-ever
NESCAC performance."
Said Callahan, "The home course
should help us a great deal,
especially with the chance to run in
front of all our parents and friends."
Field hockey streak ends
BY ANDY HENRICHON
Orient Staff
Bringing their winning streak to a
quick halt, the women's field hockey
team was defeated by Tufts 3-1 this
past Saturday.
According to Coach Sally
LaPointe, the team just "didn't get
off the bus right." Tufts played an
excellent game giving the Polar
Bears little opportunity to score.
Bowdoin's only goal was scored
by captain Nancy Beverage '91 in
the second half, giving the team a
brief life that unfortunately did not
last long.
LaPointe commended Rebecca
Smith '94 and Kris Rehm '94 for
their strong offensive attack, and
also noted that Sara Beard '92 and.
julie LeClair '94 joined forces to
provide a tough defense.
This past Wednesday, the team
traveled south to Gorham to
challenge the undefeated University
of Southern Maine, currently
ranking 10th in the nation.
It was a drizzly day and although
they played one of their most
convincing gamesof the season, they
fell short of the win and USM came
out ahead 3-2.
Beverage led off the scoring with
an unassisted goal during the
beginning of the first half. The team
played aggressively, on offense and
defense, and denied USM any goals
during the first half.
At the beginning of the second
half Beverage scored again, this ti me
assisted by Smith giving the Polar
Bears a 2-1 lead. USM rallied and
scored with a lofted driveoff a corner
early into the second half . With 4:22
left in the game, the Huskies tied up
the score on a free hit.
The remainder of the second half
saw play mostly within the 25 yard
lines as both teams fought hard for
control of the ball.
In the last minute, despite the
tight person-to-person defense the
Bears played, a USM forward scored
a third goal with 27 seconds left in
regulation play.
Goalie Lynn Warner *9l had
another fine outing with 17 saves.
Beverage, who is the leading
scorer with seven goals to date, said
"It was probably our best game of
the season. We all worked really
well together. It was just
disappointing that they scored a goal
with so little time left. But overall I
was pleased with our team."
The Bears, who are now 4-4, face
Wesleyan at 11a.m. on Saturday on
Pickard Field.
Tennis team beats Vermont
BY ERIC LUPFER
Orient Staff
"This is the best team I've ever
coached," said women's tennis team
coach Ros Kermode. Although she
added a moment later "of course,
this is the only team I've ever
coached," it seems that her joking
has a grain of truth.
Despite their 3-3 record, thisyear's
team is a good one.
Bowdoin faced Colby and
Vermont last week, and they looked
strong in both outings.
The Polar Bears beat Vermont 7-2
and lost to a powerful Colby team 5-
4.
Against Colby, the team was
hoping to avenge an earlier season
loss. The Mules came to Bowdoin in
the first week of the season and beat
the team 5-4.
Although Bowdoin won three of
the five singles matches played,
Colby won two of the three doubles
matches and was able to just get by
with the win.
In this most recent match, Colby
was able to do almost the same thing.
In the singles matches Bowdoin
was d omi na n t,as the team won four
of the six matches played.
Co-captain Heidi Wallenfels '91,
KatieGradek'91, Alison Vargas '93,
and Tracy Boulter '94 were all
victorious, and Wallenfels, Vargas,
and Boulter won in straight sets.
Colby, however, swept the
doubles matches. The team of
Vargas/ Marti Champion '93 had a
match point when they were up 6-5
in the third set of their match. The
Colby team was able to bring the set
to a tiebreaker, though, and they
ended up winning the tiebreaker 7-
3.
Kermode called the match
"frustrating." But she pointed to
the fact that Bowdoin came even
closer this time to beating the strong
Colby team, and she feels that the
team "gets better every time they
play."
Against Vermont, Bowdoin
proved simply to be the better team .
Wallenfels, Alison Burke '94,
Gradek, Vargas, and Boulter all had
singles wins. And the teams of
Wallenfels /Gradek and co-captain
Kathryn Loebs '91 /Burke were
victorious in doubles.
Bowdoin travelled to Bates on
Wednesday, and they face Colby
again in the CBB Invitational on the
Pickard Field Courts this weekend.
18 October 12, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Men's soccer defeats New Hampshire
BY DAVID SCIARRETTA
Orient Asst. Sports Editor
The men's soccer team had an up
and down week on the road, as they
defeated Division I foes University
of New Hampshire on Wednesday,
and then fell to Tufts on Saturday.
The Bears beat the Wildcats 1-0,
and lost to the Jumbos by the same
score.
This has been a tough road trip
for the Bears. The four-game trip is
the longest stretch on the schedule
this year.
After winning their first three
contests of the season, Bowdoin is a
modest 1 -2-1 in their last four games
on the road. The Polar Bears' mid-
season record stands at 4-2-1 .
The team finally returns home
and will try to right itself for Parents'
Weekend, when they take on
Williams tomorrow at 1 1:00 at the
Pickard Field.
Going into the game against
UNH, Bowdoin had been held
scoreless in their last two contests
against the University of Southern
Maine and Babson. In these games,
the Bears had many scoring
opportunities, but were unable to
take advantage of them.
Matt Patterson '93 put an end to
the scoring drought in a hurry. Just
six minutes into the match, Patterson
took a fine pass from Lance Conrad
'91 directly in front of the goal, and
beat the 'Cat's keeper for the lone
score of the day.
The tally was Patterson's third of
the season and of his Bowdoin
career.
The game was fairly even the rest
of the way, with both defensive
squads doing a good job of stifling
the opposing scoring attacks. UNH
got off 1 2 shots the whole way, while
limiting the Bears to nine attempts.
Bears' keeper Andres De Lasa was
strong, registering nine saves while
earning his fourth shutout of the
season. De Lasa is one shutout short
of the Bowdoin season record of
five established back in 1970.
The win was notable not only for
the fact that the Bears snapped out
of their scoring slump, but that the
team they did it against was a
Division I squad.
The results of the weekend
journey to Boston were not as
positive.
When the Bears hosted the
Jumbos in '89, the home team came
away with a 1-0 victory. However,
Bowdoin had no such luck Saturday
on foreign turf.
Tufts and Bowdoin had identical
recordsof 4-1-1 goinginto the game.
However, it was Tufts that emerged
with the upper hand.
The Bears were up to their old
tricks of dominating the game
offensively, but were unable to
score.
In the first half the Bears outshot
Tufts 5-3, but weren't able to
capitalize. It was the Jumbos who
struck first, scoring with 17 minutes
remaining in the first half.
Tufts was able to hang on for the
win, despite several offensive
threats by Bowdoin. The Polar Bears
shelled the Tufts goal 11 times in the
second half, including several shots
from directly in front of the goal.
Scoring threat Conrad was absent
from the Tufts game, which didn't
help the Bears' offense any.
The Bears sealed their fate with
twelve seconds remaining, when a
one-on-one chance with the Tufts
goalie was squandered, as the shot
veered wide. In what has been an
unfortunate trend in recent games,
the ball never ended up in the back
of the net.
Derek Spense '92 and the men's soccer team will try to gain a little
control over the ball and over Williams when the Ephmen come to
Brunswick tomorrow morning. Photo by Chris Strassel.
Bowdoin Outing Club
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not cover all of Fall Break. Pre-trip meeting Thursday, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m. at
the BOC office.
Climbing wall inSargent Gym is openfrom7:00 to 9:00 p.m. every Monday
through Friday.
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The Bowdoin Orient
October 12, 1990 19f
Football faces Amherst
BY DAVE WILBY
Orient Sports Editor
The Bowdoin football team could
not generate much offense in the
first half of last Saturday's game
and paid for it with a 25 point
halfti me deficit, and an eventual 35-
14 loss to Hamilton.
On the strength of a 19 point
second quarter, the Continentals
moved their record to 2-1, while the
Bears dropped to 1-2.
Controlling the ball for almost
ten minutes of the first quarter, the
visiting Continentals took a six point
lead and kept the Bowdoin offense
on the sidelines.
"In the first quarter, because they
controlled the ball, we really didn't
get our offense going," said Head
Coach Howard Vandersea.
Although Bowdoin had a greater
time of possession in the second
quarter, Hamilton scored three
Co-captain John Hartnett *91 (14) moves in to assist on a tackle in last
Saturday's action against Hamilton. Photo by Chris S trassel.
Women's soccer triumphs over
White Mules and ties Jumbos
touchdowns, building a lead which
the home team had little chance of
overcoming.
Despite the score, the Bears came
out strong in the second half,
outplaying and outscoring the
visitors.
"The team showed a lot of pride
in the second half," said co-captain
John Hartnett '91.
Bowdoin pieced together three
drives in the second half, two
resulting in touchdowns and the
other stalling on the 3-yard line.
The Bears' first touchdown came
on a 20 yard dash by Mike Kahler
'94, capping a 73 yard drive. Kahler,
coming off last week's NESCAC
Fresh m a n-of-t he-Week
performance, had another solid
afternoon with 81 yards on only
nine carries.
Eric LaPlaca '93 scored Bowdoin's
other touchdown on a 13 yard run
in the final quarter. LaPlaca's kickoff
BY DAVE JACKSON
Orient Staff
The women's soccer team ran
their record to 6-2-1 with a victory
over Colby and a tie with Tufts. The
team is currently ranked 3rd in New
England in Division III.
The Bears beat the White Mules 1 -
after a rather sluggish first half.
The play was even in territory as
Bowdoin gave Colby plenty of room
to operate.
Coach John Cullen told the team
to put the clamps on Colby in the
second half, and they did just that,
holding the White Mules without a
shot.
The only goal of the game
occurred just 59 seconds into the
second half.
Didi Salmon '92beat Colby goalie
Heather Hamilton to a loose ball in
the penalty box and tapped it to
Christine Neill '91, who put it off
the post into the open net.
The win was costly for Bowdoin,
however. Later in the half, Neill
went down with a knee injury.
Coach John Cullen described the
injury as "damage to her anterior
cruciate ligament. Her short-term
and long-term status is uncertain as
yet." Bowdoin's top goal scorer for
this season will be missed.
Tufts provided the usual
challenge for the Polar Bears, and
the result was another remarkably
even contest between the two teams.
After regulation, neither team
scored a goal, so two 15 minute
overtime periods were necessary.
Tufts broke the tie in the first
overtime, scoring on a scramble off
a corner kick that Bowdoin failed to
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returning was a positive note for the
Bears as his four returns averaged
over twenty yards.
"As a team, we played much
better than the week before," said
Coach Vandersea, but looking ahead
to this week, "we have to be more
attentive to detail."
Vandersea cited Mark Katz '91,
Scott Stephens '91, and Andrew
Petit jean '92 for good performances
on defense. Katz again led the squad
with ten unassisted tackles.
The Bears will spend tomorrow
in Amherst, as they face the0-3 Lord
Jeffs. The game between these long-
time rivals should be close as
Amherst has oneofthebest running
backs in NESCAC.
The first meeting of these two
schools on the gridiron took place
100 years ago this fall, and the Bears
will be looking for revenge for the
most recent game, last year's 29-7
loss.
The lead looked as if it would
hold, but the Polar Bears managed
to tie the game in the second
overtime. Alicia Collins '93 received
an indirect kick and aimed for the
far post from 25 yards out.
Tufts failed to clear the ball and
Carol Thomas '93 played the ball off
her body and ran it into the goal.
Cullen was impressed with the
team's comeback. He said, "We
always play an intense, exciting
game with Tufts. Their coach and I
are very similar in style and
philosophy. It was nice to see us
come back with the pressure
building in the overtime."
Parents' Weekend will be a big
one for the Bears, as they host
Wesleyan on Saturday and powerful
Conn. College on Sunday. The
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The Bowdoin Orient
Charles
next for
rowers
BY STACEY SABO
Orient Staff
Bowdoin crew did well in this
past weekend's Head of the
Connecticut Regatta, the prelude to
the Head of the Charles regatta on
Oct. 21.
The Connecticut regatta, a 3.7-mile
race held in Middletown, CT, was
attended by over twenty crews,
including the prestigious Boston
Rowing Club, Yale, Dartmouth,
Amherst, Coast Guard Academy,
Wesleyan, Vassar, University of
Rhode Island, and Skidmore.
Bowdoin sent four boats to the
race. The women's open class boat,
Heather Brennan '91, Kathleen
Dolan '94, Marina Heusch '91, Liz
Rostermundt '93 and cox Dawn De
Meo '94, placed 12th in a field of 26.
Brennan described the race as
"deadly," and Rostermundt added,
"It was long-definitely longer and
harder than most of our races-the
last half-mile was tough."
The biggest high of the race was
beating Colby, after an 0.7-second
loss to their team at last Sunday's
Head of the Textile. Heusch said,
"Our one-minute lead on Colby
definitely sweetened this race."
The Connecticut was the women's
open class boat's last race of the
season, their boat not having been
chosen in the lottery to enter the
Head of the Charles.
As Brennan said, "We were
disappointed not to be rowing in the
Charles, but we had a good season
and a good boat. We were happy
with our season."
Due to the illness of a member of
the crew, the women's lights did not
row in this race. However, three
men's boats were entered.
The men's heavies, Phil Jurgeleit
'92, Pete Macarthur'92, Dave Moore-
Nichols '91, John Peters '93 and cox
Medha Patel '93, placed 12th out of
21 boats.
Peters said, "The race felt good.
Wc were very strongat the beginning
but began to die out at the end ." The
race was Bowdoin's longest of the
year, but "the beginning was good-
we held off Dartmouth for the first
mile,mile-and-a-half. We did well."
The first men's lights boat, Jake
Carbine '93, Clark Eddy '91, Jamie
Hale '94, Franklin Jones '93 and cox
Nick Jacobs '94, placed 14th out of
24.
"We had an okay race-it was really
strong but really sloppy," said
Carbine, referring to the balance of
the boat. Jones concurred, saying,
"We pulled hard, but it was kind of
sloppy. Our set was off..;."
The second men's lights boat, Pete
de Staebler '93, Matt Nelson '93,
Dave Sciarretta '93, Kevin Slep '93
and cox Brian Chin '93, rowed well,
considering the competition, and felt
that the race atmosphere was
exciting.
The Head of the Charles caps off
Bowdoin's season, and the three
crews that were picked through the
lottery system to enter the race-the
men's lights and heavies, and the
women's lights-are eagerly
anticipating their races.
Peters said, "We're excited for it.
We have lots of water time scheduled
for practice beforehand, and we'll
be ready."
SOCCER
A-league:
Love Tractor 3, Zeta Psi 2
B-league:
Kappa Sig beat Bowdoin Ski
Team; Nose-on-a-Stick beat
Psi-U; Burnett 3, Kevin Foster's
Team 2; Kappa Sig 6, Psi-U 2
C-league:
Maine Squeeze beat Hyde Hall
Havartis; Hyde Hall Havartis
4, Baxter 1; AD beat Asianites
Maine Squeeze beat Kevin
Foster's Team
ULTIMATE
A-league:
Lodgers beat The Grim
Reapers
Foster's Team
Psi-U beat Kevin Foster's Team
FOOTBALL
A-league:
Zeta Psi 27, Mountain Men 20
Mountain Men 26, Deke 8
Beta 1 13, TD 13
B-league:
Kappa Sig beat Kevin Foster's
Team; Maine Squeeze beat
Michael Jones's Team; Maine
Squeeze 21, Kappa Sig 14
VOLLEYBALL
A-league:
Zeta Psi beat Themselves
Deke 2, The Clinic 1
Tough weekend for
volleyball squad
B-league:
Nick Taylor's Team beat Kevin
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B-league:
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Squeeze Baxter 2, Burnett 1
BY TIMOTHY M. SMITH
Orient Staff
Tough competition, close
matches, and frustrating losses have
characterized Bowdoin volleyball
over the past two weeks.
After cruising past Colby-Sawyer
in its first match at the Bowdoin
Round Robin last Saturday, the
Bears lost four consecutive matches
and saw their overall record drop to
8-13.
Coach Lynn Ruddy emphasized
that while the Bears made an
inspired team effort last weekend,
they were "still not getting over the
top" when matched against talented
opponents. With theexception of the
loss to Amherst in the fourth round,
the Bears' matches were close and
competitive.
Led by the strong net play of Abby
Jealous '91, Ellen Williamson '92,
and Melissa Schulenberg '93 and
the consistent serving of Jennifer
Levine '91, Bowdoin dispatched
Colby-Sawyer (15-4, 15-8).
However, for the second straight
weekend, the Bears were defeated
by Bates (6-15, 15-7, 7-15). By
compiling a 5-0 tournament record,
the squad from Lewiston finished
in the top spot at the round robin.
Bowdoin's slide continued as it
fell to S.M.U. (16-18, 5-15), Amherst
(7-15, 4-15), and Tufts (15-13, 10-15,
12-15).
Although the Bears played
especially well in their fifth round
loss to Tufts, they were unable to
win a close final game.
Nevertheless, the Bears remain
confident as they prepare for
tomorrow's tournament at
Southeastern Massachusetts. Coach
Ruddy is encouraged by the
improved play of Schulenberg, *
who has recovered from sprains to
both ankles, and of Laura Larsen
'94, who has provided some strong
setting while coming off the bench.
The Bears will look to get back on
track in Saturday's competition.
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The Bowdoin Orient
October 12, 1990 21
Sailing team
takes to the sea
Photos by Jim Sabo
Sailors host Irue North
III; finish a close second
BY DAVE WILBY
Orient Sports Editor
With some recent outstanding
performances, the Bowdoin
sailing team has had a very
promising season to date.
This past Saturday the squad
hosted a leg of the True North
series out at Bethal Point and just
missed capturing top honors. In
the A race, Charlotte Thebaud '93
and Heather Nelson '93 took
second, with first place in the B
race going to jenna Burton '94 and
Jesse Hallowell '94.
The results in the A and B races
are combined to determine an
overall winner, so Bowdoin
finished a close second out of five
teams.
The team began its successes in
a regatta at UNH on Sept. 15, when
Charlie Strout '92 and Thebaud
finished first in the A race, and an
overall fifth as Chris Linkas '91
and Shana Hunter '93 competed
in the B race.
The Bears followed with a
second place finish in a seven team
field at Maine Maritime. Susan
Millar '94 and Heather Young '94,
in the A race, came in fourth, and
Burton and Kyle Parrett "9i
claimed second.
'The first-year students are
doing really well... there's a lot of
promise," said co-captain Tally
Blumberg'91.
Ten members of the team had
the opportunity to compete with
some larger boats in the New
York City area on the last
weekend of September.
The team members sailed a 40
foot boat from Connecticut on
Sept. 28 to compete against 12
other schools in the Corinthians
Regatta at the Larchmont Yacht
Club.
Senior Mike Libonati, who was
among the crew, said, "Seeing
the lights of New York City and
the Brooklyn Bridge was
fantastic. And the race wasn't
bad either."
Tomorrow the sailing team
will return to UNH for the fourth
leg of the True North series. The
Bears will be on the road until
Nov. 3 and 4 when Bowdoin will
host the last event of the season,
the Horn Trophy regatta out at
Bethal Poin*
22 October 12, 1990
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SHARON A. HAYES
So much for Zete's male bonding
Broken windows, over-turned tables and spent fire extinguishers
are not unusual weekend damages on the Bowdoin campus. And
maybe the campus community would not be talking about this
weekend's destruction quite so loudly had the person responsible
for the damage not been guests of the all-male Zeta Psi fraternity.
Perhaps the Harvard Zete who sprayed foam from a stolen fire
extinguisher onto a group of people assembled for Saturday night's
Screw-Your-Roommate Dance was simply drunk and out of control.
And perhaps the destruction he and his friends caused at 14 College
St. was completely unrelated to the recent divorce of the Bowdoin
chapter of Zeta Psi.
But then there's the cup.
For those of you who haven't seen it or heard about it, it is a large
red plastic cup that displays a female figure in a circle with a line
through the middle. Above the insignia is a statement that reads:
"Better dead than co-ed."
On the opposite side, it says 'True Zeta Psi" with the picture of a
"tasmanian devil" gripping the bloody head of an administrator.
It is rumored the cups were brought — in plenty — by a Zete
alumnus.
Regardless of who brought them, the cups scream of an all-male
Zete experience that goes beyond "inherent" male-bonding. They're
a symbol of a kind of hateful exclusion that should not be tolerated,
much less welcomed, by any member of the Bowdoin community.
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When college is run like a
business, students suffer
By Mark Jeong
I came to Bowdoin College
with some expectations. I guess
everyone has their own views
on what college will open up for
them, whether it is becoming
knowled gable in anything from
genetics to photography, or
mastering the Bowdoin
climbing wall and taking on the
north face of Camden National
Park.
During the three ■^■■■B
years that I've
worked at the
. / cannot,
Orient, I've had the however,
opportunities to understand a
work with faculty, bminess
administration, and
the students. In this running so
capacity, I've been innefficiently
exposed to a wide //|a , ft ,
range of Bowdoin
experiences which I WMWI to
considerinvaluable; undercutting
it's reaUy been a ^ sfudent
learning experience.
As diverse (or as t>Ouy.
homogenous) as
Bowdoin may be, I
think we all have some common
understandings. I think we all
understand that we came to
Bowdoin to educate ourselves.
In so doing, we expected that
the administration and the
faculty would be behind us in
our quest for higher education.
With regard to one particular
issue, I feel the administration
and the faculty has been
unresponsive to the needs of the
students; the administration's
handling of the study-abroad
dilemma.
Bowdoin prides itself on
allowing students to experience
the different cultures of foreign
countries. At an institution
which promotes liberal arts
education to the fullest degree, I
find it atrocious that the reasons
for denying students were based
on lame excuses.
Dean of College Jane Jervis
said in the open forum, "How in
the world do we keep track of
the quality of all these
programs." If the recording
committee already approved
individual students' proposals,
then how can Jervis say that the
quality of the programs were
questionable? Is it because the
Recording Commi ttee neglected
to review proposals for validity
and found later that the quality
of a student's program was
unsatisfactory?
Jervis also said the college is
concerned with the "impact
studying away"
■■■i has on the
student's major. If
this is so, then
why does the
course catalog say
that "students
may apply for
study in virtually
any country."
Lastly, I find it
inexcusable that
the financial
condition of the
college should
curtail students'
educational
opportunities.
Jervis also said
during the forum, "the college
cannot afford to let too much
tuition leave the campus." lean
understand Dean Jervis'
declaration that Bowdoin is a
"business"; I cannot, however,
understand a business running
so inefficiently that it must resort
to undercutting the student
body.
I only wish the administration
and the faculty had been more
responsive to the desires of the
students as they attempted to
take advantage of the
educational opportunities
afforded to them. .
Theadministration is looking
into ways of preventing this
happening again. I praise the
school for admitting their error
and for their efforts to prevent
future mishaps. But I sincerely
hope that the administrators of
this "business" devise a plan so
nooneisdenied theopportunity
to diversity their learning
experiences.
Corrections:
Last week's editorial incorrectly cited Amnesty International as the
organizers of a letter writing campaign to Senator William Cohen, regarding
U.S. aid to El Salvador. The campaign was run by a group of concerned
students.
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October 12, 1990 23
OPINION
First Amendment
By Khurram Dastgir-
Khan
At any given time, the attention of
the American public at large is
focused on only one overwhelming
issue of the day. The months of
August and September were taken
up by 'The Crisis in the Gulf," (as
CNN has chosen to call it). Now
suddenly the top spot has been
claimed by 'The Crisis in the
Capitol," (as this writer has chosen
to call it). It almost seems like a
weekly Top 10 countdown, sans
radio, of issues of importance. The
result is that an issue has to actually
blow up to huge proportions to
capture our already fairly well-
spoken-for attention. And because
of the proverbial short attention
span of the public, the public
reaction is not sustained long
enough to force policymakers to
think about the solutions.
This is especially true for
international issues which almost
invariably involve co nflictsof some
kind. Examples are numerous: El
Salvador, Palestine, Nicaragua,
Kashmir. One strong exception has
been the presence of Apartheid in
South Africa. It has certainly been
the issue of choice (no pun intended)
at Bowdoin, and a large majority of
colleges throughout the United
States.
The reason that Apartheid has been
the focus of concern is primarily its
shadow in racism in the United
States. On a more abstract level,
apartheid has been at the forefront
of American student concern
because it allows the students to
make the most elusive of
distinctions — good and bad. The
sustenance of interest has been
helped in no small part by the
heroic, almost mythical figure of
Nelson Mandela. The white
government of South Africa is bad,
the African National Congress is
good.
Unfortunately, most of the
international conflicts lack the
presence of an overwhelming
personality to highlight the conflict.
Very few people among us know
the names of the Eritrean rebel
leaders in Ethiopia (if we can locate
Ethiopia on the map), now almost
on the verge of victory. More
importantly though, we chose not
to think about these problems
because often it is not clear who is
on the 'right' side of the conflict.
And of course, most people will
differ on what is 'right.'
The classic example of this
phenomenon is Palestine, perhaps
the most controversial and
ironically, the most neglected issue
of our time. The plight of the
Palestinians in the occupied
territories of the West Bank only
becomes news when a number of
people are killed, either Israeli
citizens or Palestinians. Recently
the emphasis has shifted towards
the latter, as shown by the
unprovoked, malicious killing of
seven Palestinians by an ex-Army
Israeli citizen in May, or the brutal
killing of nineteen stone-throwers
in Jerusalem on Oct. 7. Since the
start of the Palestinian Intifadeh,
now almost three years old, more
than 700 Palestinians have been
killed by the Israeli army and police.
The termination of hundred of
lives, including women and
children, has caused no ripple in
the conscience of the American
public. For people with some
knowledge, but little
understanding, the Middle East is
a confusing part of the world where
villains often change sides rapidly.
But also in this case, the American
public has been prevented rrom
thinking because of convenient
choices defined for us by the media;
all Palestinians are terrorists and
all Israelis are good.
Had nineteen people killed by the
police for stone-throwing in the
United States, there would have
been a massive uproar. But as the
victims were Palestinians, it must
surely have been their fault.
I chose Palestine because it is an
issue that most of us have relegated
to the back burner because of its
inherent contradictions and the
general sense of mystery assigned
to the Middle East. But similar
accounts could have been told of
human rights abuses in the
'democratic' El Salvador or the
killing of hundreds of Kashmiri
people by Indian Security forces in
Indian Kashmir since January.
It is a sober reflection on our
conscience that thousands of lives
mercilessly terminated by brutal
regimes in other countries have
been reduced to statistics. The state
of our conscience is often betrayed,
as when the New York Times
published a news story in April
which discussed the improvement
in the West Bank situation because
the rate of killing of Palestinians by
Israeli forces had declined. <r-
It is very important for us to expand
the horizons of our concerns
beyond certain issues which may
be in vogue at the time. Events in
other countries do affect the
American 'way of life,' as has been
shown by the gulf crisis. A
resolution of international conflicts
like Kashmir and Palestine can
bring trade benefits to the United
States. But it also may bring the
world a step closer to peace, whose
benefits are universal.
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Dialogue
This week's topic:
Linkage in the
Middle East
^
By Bill Hutfilz and
John Nicholson
John: In what appeared to be
a major reversal of
Administration policy toward
Israel and events in the Middle
East, President Bush, in his
address last week to the General
Assembly of the United Nations,
seemed to link the likelihood of
an Arab-Israeli settlement to
Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait.
This statement, along with
increased diplomatic efforts by
France's Mitterand, point to a
possible negotiated back-down
in the Iraqi crisis. What's going
on here?
Bill: It seems to me, John, that
Mitterand, Bush and others are
responding in a way to the Arab
League's efforts to end the
Kuwait crisis. Linkage is the
centerpiece of what the more
pro-Iraqi Arab nations see as a
viable settlement, and certainly
other Arab nations welcome the
chance to ameliorate what has
long been a bone of contention
in the region: Israel-Palestine
relations. However, we must
take a look at where and when,
if at all, such linkage is
appropriate, especially with
regard to the Kuwait crisis.
John: A diplomatic settlement
of Saddam Hussein's aggression
should focus solely on Iraq's
action's, and not on the
peripheral question of Israeli-
Palestinian relations.
Why are our troops poised in
the sands of Saudi Arabia? We
are there not simply to protect
the oil pipeline. We are there to
oppose a genocidal tyrant who
has raped Kuwait, promised hell
fire for Israel, and
who,according to last week's "60
Minutes" broadcast, ordered
60,000 of his fellow Iraqi citizens
murdered, imposing his own
form of Stalinist terror.
"Linkage is the
centerpiece of what the
more pro-Iraqui Arab
nations see as a viable
settlement ..."
The problem facing our soldier
in the desert is not Israeli
stubbornness or Palestinian fervor,
but an evil man.
Bill: OK, Mr. Propagandist, but
what about the issue?
I mean, I could go off on truth,
justice, and the American way too.
But the problems of the Middle East
are certainly more complex than
one bad guy, lots of good guys.
The U.S.'s fervor to unilaterally
constrain the big bad guy Iran in
the 1 980s, and the resultant support
of Iraq and (does the name ring a
bell?) Saddam Hussein, obviously
did not suffice to deter regional
aggression. While I very much agree
that no conditions ought to be
placed on Iraq's withdrawal from
Kuwait, in the end the issue of the
Palestinian nation must be
addressed.
This conundrum can most easily
be solved in the greater context of
pan-Middle Eastern security, and
therefore a measure of linkage must
be initiated between the
reestablishrnent of Kuwait and the
appeasement of the Palestinian
people.
John: Bill you missed my link.
The problems of the Middle East
are varied and complex. But our
stand against Hussein is
straightforward and clear.
Certainly, after Hussein either
retreats or is forced from Kuwait,
the Middle Eastern nations and
interests should come to the
conference table and work toward
a solution of grievances.
My point, however, is that U.S.
troops are in Saudi Arabia not to
solve the larger issue of Middle
Eastern peace, but to challenge
and deter the aggression of one
man and one nation. I disagree
that Hussein's folly can most
easily be solved by opening up
the Pandora's box of Middle
Eastern* security problems.
Hussein did not invade the
wealthiest country in the world
to free the Palestinians. Indeed,
if he gases Israel he gases the
Palestinians.
Without question, Bush and
other leaders in the region
should use the crisis as a catalyst
to initiate change and solutions
to the Arab-Israeli territory. In
fact, once Hussein is dealt with,
I foresee progress on the
Palestinian question and Arab
respect for Israel's sovereignty.
But let's first deal with the issue
at hand.
Bill: Kill me now. If anyone is
still reading after the that
misguided, militaristicdiatribe,
I have something to say.
Of course armed forces
should not be used to solve the
Israeli problem; in fact, they
should not be used to defuse
the Kuwait crisis. Still, in the
midst of your long-winded
lecture you really refuse to
address the issue that* I
addressed, namely that only by
looking at the Middle East's
problems in a broad context can
any of these problem's be
effectively dealt with.
You cannot purge the Midd le
East of the complications left by
the legacy of Saddam Hussein's
actions without focusing on
their effect on the rest of the
Arab world. Otherwise, you run
the risk of prolonging the
sentiments which Saddam
aroused — even after he is long
gone — way past their necessary
life span.
The Middle East will
probably never be free from
conflict (nor will the world), but
to exacerbate existing conflicts
through ignorance to others'
convictions can only engender
the worst.
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24 October 12, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
College administration must rise above hypocrisy
By Dana H. Glazer
Over the past year it has become
increasingly difficult to define the
relationship between the institution
of Bowdoin College and the
students who go here. The problem
is that there have been too many
discrepancies in how this
relationship is perceived.
The first thing to consider is the
primary purpose of Bowdoin
College. Is Bowdoin's main goal to
reach the highest state of prestige
and selectivity? Is Bowdoin's key
desire to give her students (who
are, let's face it — very
homogeneous) four yea rsof "Camp
BoBo" before they go out into the
real world and earn lots of money
so Bowdoin can always be so well
endowed? Or is the institution
intended to be a place for the
student's individual growth in the
realms of the physical, the mental
and the social? As an admitted
idealist, I would hope that it is the
A major discrepency lies
in the college's recent
decision to treat the
student population like
little children while still
holding them to acting
as mature adults.
latter.
Unfortunately, what takes
priority has been very unclear. The
college has been giving the students
a very mixed message lately. On the
one hand, the college conveys the
message that the studentsare young
adults who should be given thebasic
responsibilitiesand freedoms which
define an adult. Amongotherthings
this, includes the lack of curfews
and completely self-designed
schedules. Along with these
freedoms the college demands that
we are responsible in maintaining
our academics and following a code
of defined ethics. There is no
problem with these things.
A major discrepancy lies in the
college's recent decision to treat
the student population like little
children while still holding them to
acting as mature adults. The first
case in point is the whole grading
controversy which erupted last
year. Basically, many of the faculty
had become fed up with the
students who coasted along in the
low P range. So, the decision was
made to revert to the five-point
grading system. There is nothing
wrong with the controversy, except
that the students were excluded
from the decision-making process.
The students had a vote about the
grad ing policy, but the results were
completely ignored by a faculty
which was adamant that the
students had no right to have a say
in the matter.
Even more recently the
controversy surrounding 'campus
wides' also displays this
discrepancy. As has been
previously mentioned in this paper,
the student fraternity members had
very little say in the decision, and
the college and fraternity alumni
did what they thought to be right.
Once again the students were
treated like mindless little children
and this discrepancy is wrong.
This inconsistency suggests the
degree to which the administration
is out of touch with the students. If
you go into the library on any
weekday the lack of seats might
suggest that the majority of the
students here are not coasters.
Furthermore, just as the majority of
students do not slack off in
academics, neither does the
majority become completely out of
control due to alcohol, the point
being that while many students do
drink, the majority do so in
moderation. It has to be expected
that many students drink both
socially and to escape the tensions
of academics, for better or worse.
This is their personal choice and at
least the fraternities served as a
place where this could occur.
The most distressing thing is that
while the college bans 'campus
wides' the college has failed to fill
in the void. True, Robyn Hitchcock
played last weekend, there are
movies and the pub was open, but
this was inadequate. At present
there is no student center like at
Colby College and no strong
attempt has been made by the
college to form some kind of social
substitute. So what's the
consequence? Just as many people
drink, just as many people as
previously go out of control; the
only difference is that the damage
has moved from the fraternities to
the dormitories. Coleman Hall has
become the primary example of
this. The damage has reached the
thousands, and the dormitory has
been placed on probation, when
most of the trouble was caused by
people who do not even live there.
So, who's at fault here? Until
Bowdoin College begins to
acknowledge the needs, opinions,
potential and age of the student
body there will continue to be more
occurences like what happened to
Coleman Hall last weekend — and
thecollegecommunity will remain
scarred.
The American dream
thrives in New Jersey
Travels show U.S. oppression
By Auden Schendler
When Abraham Lincoln
represented the incarnation of the
American ideal, his hometown of
Springfield, Illinois was the
archetype of society at that time. It
was a small rural town in the center
of the continent, a settlement of
brave pioneers staying afloat in the
ocean of the American plains.
Springfield was the kind of place
where thousands of people could
(and did!) work their way up from
obscurity to national renown and
great wealth, and for a long long
time, the "small town" remained
the hub of the American experience.
But times have changed since the
1800s, and it is my contention that
the perception of where the spirit of
our country lies has changed also.
Today, certainly, in the wake of
the Industrial Revolution and
America's rise to power, the small
town no longer represents the
essence of our country. Rather, it
seems, the characteristic locale that
defines contemporary America, the
"hometown of the 1990s", is best
represented by an urban sprawl, a
place where industry and nature
come into harmonious coexistence
and where people can no longer
grow up in innocence, but are
confronted with the brutal truths of
this world from the day that they
can understand their predicament.
No longer can this country be
represented by an isolated village —
we are a cosmopolitan nation of
cosmopolitan lives. What area has
replaced Springfield, Illinois as the
sentry of American values? The
The essential
American . . . rides
through decadent
alleyways of demonic
cities where dropouts
race in the streets
until morning.
answer is blatantly obvious: New
Jersey. There is no state in the
country that represents the above
description more accurately, and
there is no place that so effectively
evokes the soul of modern America.
In the past, children growing up
with dreams of glory would almost
certainly wish to be born in a town
like Springfield, so that they could
work up from poverty as Lincoln
did so many years ago. But the
American dream has changed and
so necessarily have the people who
represent that dream. No longer
does Lincoln hold the key to
greatness in this country. Today our
heros are the likes of Bruce
Springsteen and Jack Kerouac:
rockers and beat urbanites who sing
of a mechanized and paved
homeland that is founded more on
cars and quick bucks than wheat
fields and candlelight study. The
essential American visits
amusement parks on Saturdays and
at night rides through decadent
alleyways of demonic cities where
dropouts race in the streets until
morning. If you are in search of the
American dream today, you do not
take correspondence courses, you
(Continued on page 27)
By Gray Rothkopf
Last year, in my travels across
the country, I stayed in
Washington, D.C. for a week and
a few days. There I visited the
D.C. Detention Center and learned
the fate of one of my father's
college friends — a man named
Alan Berkman . At the time, I knew
he'd been sentenced to a spell in
prison, but I was unaware of his
true circumstance.
Dr. Berkman graduated from
Columbia University's College of
Physicians and Surgeons in 1971.
His peers considered him a
brilliant young man; manyof them
expected him to specialize. Yet
some weren't surprised when
Alan went into general public
practice, opting for the satisfaction
in healing our hospitals' sick
instead of the greater financial
security to be found in
specialization. It was this love of
people that led him into what, in
referring to Alan, a New York Times
article has called "anti-
imperialistic activities." Alan's
activism was a peaceful one; after
all, he is a doctor and his politics
were grounded firmly in his life's
work. Yet he was forced
underground when U.S.
government agents attempted to
blackmail him into revealing
information about people he was
suspected of knowing.
The agents threatened Alan
with imprisonment for his alleged
part in treating a wanted man.
The agents impressed Alan with
their sincerity and ability to take
. . .the United States
government is quite
capable of using
blackmail and torture
and keeping political
prisoners.
him away from his wife, daughter
and his commitment to helping the
oppressed and healing the sick. The
threat scared Alan into running, and
when he was eventually caught in
1987, he was sentenced to ten years
in prison.
However, injustice grew like the
cancer within Alan's body. While
awaiting trial Alan was diagnosed
to be suffering from Hodgkin's
disease, a grave lymphatic cancer.
The disease was forced into
remission by radiation therapy, but
there was no treatment for our
government's vindictive
prosecution, truly a persecution.
Alan was sent in his weakened
condition to Marion State Prison in
Illinois, one of the maximum
security prisons in the U.S. If the
normal security standards had been
applied, Alan couldn't have been
assigned to more then a medium
security prison. Yet, as one article
on Alan's predicament notes, his
current "security" classification is
based solely on the fact that he is a
political prisoner.
It took me seven hours to get
through the minimal security at the
D.C. Detention Center to see Alan,
where we met behind glass and
talked over phones. At Marion a
prisoner is brutally strip-searched
before and after a rare visit, even
though one sits in sound proof
concrete bunkers, from which there
is no possibility of anything but
vocal contact. In Marion I'm told
that prisoners are allowed one
hour a day out of their cells, an
hour in which they are guided —
manacled — by three guards
throughout the cell block. Only
one prisoner is walked at a time. It
is always only the guards and the
prisoner. Alan said it was all too
Kafka.
And it doesn't end. For only a
few weeks after I left him last
spring, Alan suffered a recurrence
of Hodgkin's disease, and the
federal Bureau of Prisons kept him
first from a proper diagnostic
(Alan suspected a recurrence),
then from receiving treatment. It
took a vast mobilization of
resources in which hundreds of
letters and articles were written
to get Alan treated. According to
specialists, Hodgkin's disease is
fatal unless treated immediately;
it took over three months to get
Alan into the chemotherapy that
numbs his hands and feet while
his hair falls from his body like
afterthoughts.
You are thinking, he must be
leaving some important
information out, this by my
personal experience with one
man: an individual, but one whose
treatment within society is not
unique. I know of other, similar
cases and Alan himself hinted at
the darkness that's befallen some
of his acquaintances and friends.
However, let me return to my
purpose.
Here is the representative case
of Dr. Alan Berkman to show that
the United States government is
quite capable of using blackmail
and torture and keeping political
prisoners.
The Bowdoin Orient
October 12, 1990 25
Bush's response to crisis in Middle East disappoints
BY MICHAEL GOLDEN
Orient Contributor
In the autumn of 1988, 1, a solid
Democrat, deserted my party by
supporting George Bush for
President. Mr. Bush appeared to
represent a new type of
Republicanism, open to moderate
and even (God forbid) liberal ideas.
Finally America had produced a
Presidential candidate who
advocated fiscal responsibility
along with environmental and
social concerns.
Mr. Bush's early performance as
President impressed me. I was
particularly pleased with his refusal
to allow additional oil drilling on
the California coast, along with his
excellent handling of the repression
in China. The President's resolve
to maintain relations with the
detested government in Beijing
proved correct in the long run,
ensuring that the two nations did
not fall into an abyss of non-
communication. Despite my initial
approval of President Bush's
performance, his recent actions
involving the Kuwaiti crisis and
federal budget have severely
disappointed me.
On Aug. 2, the nation of Iraq
invaded its neighbor, Kuwait.
Within one week President Bush
ordered American troops to the
region to discourage Iraq from
further aggression. This premature
action was obviously not
thoroughly thought through by the
President and his advisors. The
United States is now committed to a
costly military stalemate with Iraq.
Bush, a former ambassador to the
United Nations under President
Nixon, with his action blatantly
disregarded the charter of the U.N.
The charter, which the United States
has pledged to abide by, and
specifically states that when two
nations experience a conflict (Iraq
and U.S.), they will attempt to
resolve their differences through
diplomatic negotiations. In the even t
that discourse is unsatisfactory.
either party may ask the United
Nations for economic sanctions
against the other, and, as an absolute
last resort, military action against
its opponent. The President
obviously acted too quickly in
sending U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia .
He did not allow enough time for
negotiations or economic sanctions
to take hold . Granted, the U.S. forces
(invited by the Saudis) are acting as
a deterrent to Iraq and have not
engaged in any military action, but
their very presence a ntagonizes Iraq
and simply escalates the situation
in the region.
In addition, President Bush has
potently disappointed me with his
mishandling of the current budget.
In the late 1980s Bush spoke of
friendly bi-partisanship and
cooperation with the Democratic
Congress. Last week, however,
frustrated with the prospect of a
large deficit, the President reverted
to Ronald Reagan's favorite activity:
blaming the Congress for all of the
nation's economic woes. Bush
publicly embarrassed himself by
whining about what he perceived
as a lack of cooperation from
Democratic Congressional
leadership. Bush's frustration is
not surprising, however, for he
continues to hold himself hostage
to an unrealistic, "No new taxes,"
pledge. The President himself
certainly knows that the deficit will
continue to exist as long as
Republicans refuse to increase
taxes on the upper and upper-
middle classes. The Republican
Party has been lying to the
American public for the past ten
years, giving the impression that
the federal budget deficit can be
eradicated by cuts in spending.
The President owes the American
people honesty; he must state that
it is time to revoke the tax breaks
instituted for the wealthy under
the Reagan administration.
My initial enthusiasm for
President Bush has disintegrated
recently. His premature action in
the Persian Gulf and near-
incompetence in dealing with the
Democratic Congress on budget
matters have disappointed me.
While the President has performed
his duties beyond satisfaction up
to this point, it is an obvious fact to
the realist American citizen that
our nation and particularly the
Northeast has begun a full-scale
recession.
The President has not made
prime-time television speeches
about his plans to cure our
economic problems; he only talks
about how the United States will
once again stand for freedom in the
world (Kuwait). As Bush falls
further into the Middle East crisis
that he helped to create and
escalate, the problems at home
become only a second priority. I
await the return of President
George Bush, the man I supported
in 1988, to replace our new leader,
Commander-in-Chief George
Bush; my only other option is to
lookforward toa President Mitchell
in 1992.
«ake up B(wdoi» !
Rape and sexual harassment occur on
college campuses more frequently than
you'd think. It's up to us to create a
safe campus for the Bowdoin community.
LAURA
ZOULAMIS
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26 October 12, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Caution urged for reunification
To the Editor:
In last week's First Amendment
column Khurram Dastgir-Khan
discussed German reunification.
Preaching 'forgive and forget'
attitudes, he wondered why
"instead of greeting this new change
with all our heart, we are drowning
it in a sea of guilt. Why can we not
forgive 78 million Germans, human-
beings like us, the crimes they never
committed?"
Unfortunately this issue isn't so
clear-cut that we should hold a
ticker-tape parade down 5th
Avenue to celebrate. As a human-
rightsadvocatelstronglybelievein
self-determination both for
individuals and for nations, but the
implications of a unified Germany
may not be the "lucky omen"
Khurram calls it.
Throughout history the Prussion
people have exhibited their prowess
for warfare and their drive for
honor. From the Austro-Prussian
empire of the Hapsburgs to the far-
reaching ambition of the Third
Reich, the German people have
exhibited a strong sense of
patriotism, nationalism, and blind
ethnocentricity. Unification brings
abundant human resources together
with Western sophisticated
technology to form a huge country
that will quickly become
economically stable and
prosperous.
Sounds good. Unless you're
European and remember all too
clearly the unstoppable Germany
that swept through and occupied
most of Europe not so long ago. We
Americans hail reunification as a
breakthrough for democracy, but
does democracy promise peace? Is
there anything inherent in the
definitions that would lead us to
believe the two to be mutually
inclusive? Unfortunately not.
I am not anti-Germanic, and I do
believe that the young Germans feel
great shame for the henious actions
of their parents, but I do not feel that
wholesale forgiveness is in order. It
would be extremely foolish to
underestimate the Germans. Forty-
five years is not that long. The
leaders of the country are of the
generation that formed Hitler's
youth corps, if they didn't serve
even moredirectly. Will a timecome
when they seek to fulfill the
promises their fathers made in the
Third Reich? Half a century is not
such a long time on the grand scale
of history.
What is important is to
understand the numerous
possibilities ahead in the German
future in upcoming years; it is a
mistake to paint the whole scenario
day-glo pink and stamp it with a
huge 'This is good" rubber stamp.
Germany doesn't need our
"forgiveness and acceptance" (as
Khurram suggested) to guarantee
democracy or anything else. The
determination and character of the
German people will shape and
influence the course of German
history.
As my Jewish Swiss-German
friend, Gabriella, once said as a
comment on the subject, "...it is
frightening how quickly the world
can forget, and how slowly it
remembers."
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Yarnell '91
BWA clarifies
To the Editor:
In response to the numerous
references to the Bowdoin
Women's Association in last
week's Orient, we would like to
clarify our role in the Bowdoin
Community. We resent being used
in David Potischman's justification
for the perpetuation of a sexist
institution. It was immediately
obvious that Mr. Potischman had
not recently attended a BWA
meeting. If he had he would know
that the main objectives are idle
discussion and awareness of the
"trials and tribulations i of
womanhood." The BWA is a
political organization devoted to
raising awareness of women's
issues and gender relations, open
to any member of the Bowdoin
community. This concerns the
unknown author of "College
Intolerant of Difference"; BWA
membership is based on interest,
not bidding. Consequently, men
as well as women attend and
participate in the meetings.
The primary meeting topics
include: theequal rightsof women,
sexuality issues, the oppression of
women in society, reproductive
rights, sexual harassment, and the
lives of women at Bowdoin. By
sponsoring lectures, discussions,
and action, our aim is to expose
gender biases inherent in our
society, which are detrimental to
men as well as women. We realize
that our presence on campus is
often found to be threatening, and
we acknowledge this. In exposing
these biases we are challenging
the social structure that each one
of us grew up with, and this is
indeed threatening. However, we
hope that our actions promote
thought about the origin and
legitimacy of thesebiases. Because
these gender biases affect both
sexes, fighting these biases
requires the action of both sexes.
We hold weekly meetings every
Monday at 5:30 PM in Coles Tower
2South and welcome newcomers.
Sincerely,
The Bowdoin Women's
Association
Disrespect of fire safety holds serious consequences
To the Editor
How often do Bowdoin students
think about fire safety? It probably
isn't common talk at dinner in
Wentworth Hall or casual discourse
while strolling around the campus.
Nonetheless, there is a need for at
least an awareness of how the risk
of fire could affect you and your
friends.
It is my impression that after three
years at Bowdoin there have been
times when full awareness of fire
safety on the part of the students
has been short of what should be
expected. The current system for
safeguarding students has been
abused, at the expense and risk of
the college and the students. I form
this judgement on events such as
the rash of false fire alarms that
Coleman Hall experienced two
years ago, the alarm that was set off
by an inebriated student in Maine
Hall last year, and the recent
complaints of false firm alarms in
Coleman Hall and the fire in Moore
Hall.
1 have faith that the vast majority
of Bowdoin students are aware of
fire safety and respect the system
that is established to protect them.
Fire alarms arc a serious matter,
and should be respected as such,
even when they force students to
wait outside of their dorms while
snow falls, waiting for Security to
respond. For those who choose to
abuse the system, I offer a word of
caution. False fire alarms disrupt
students living in the dorms, they
put students at risk of injury while
exiting the buildings, and they
disturb campus Security, who must
respond to the alarm.
Students are surely aware of the
response that Security gives to
alarms. While Security is assessing
the situation, the Brunswick Fire
Department is put on standby,
which causes a further disruption
to the community. False alarms at
Bowdoin probably also have the
effect of crying "wolf" in the event
of danger. Successive false fire
alarms may disrupt the fire
department so much that the
effectiveness of their response may
be less if a legitimate emergency
did occur. Suddenly, the event of a
false fire alarm escalates from a
would-be high school prank to a
very serious event.
If an individual is caught for
setting a fire alarm, the penalty for
the offense is a S200 fine to the
student involved. You may think
that's peanuts (hopefully most of
us don't), yet it is just a fraction of
the town's fine of $3,000 and /or
imprisonment for setting off the fire
alarm. The individual can also
expect disciplinary action, which
could require a visit to the Student
Judiciary Board.
I hope this letter has helped to
raiseawarenessof the need forsome
respect towards fire safety a nd those
who work to safeguard the
inhabitants of dorms at Bowdoin.
Remember that the fire alarm
system is in place for one reason —
to safeguard the inhabitants of
college dorms in the event of a fire.
Please give it the respect it deserves.
After all, it concerns you.
Sincerely,
Robert F. Raney '92
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October 12, 1990 27
New Jersey
(Continued from page 24)
hit the road with a trunk full of
mescalineand acid. And New Jersey
is the place where it all starts,
whether you are headed out to
California, or working at a carwash.
To be from New Jersey today is to
be a representative of the newly
hewn American image: this is seen
more and more in our literature and
music. Springsteen is of course from
New Jersey, but also was Salvatore
Paradise, Jack Kerouac's
autobiographical protagonist in the
epic novel On The Road. Popular
songs show the shift in American
values in their idolization of the
state: "Counting thecarson the New
Jersey Turnpike" (Simon and
Garfunkle), "Tonight I'm going to
take that ride, across the river to the
Jersey side" (Tom Waits), The
Traveling Wilburys... the list goes
on and on.
New Jersey is not only the "hip"
place to be from but it is producing
a new league of Americans — the
scrappy, blue collar, gritty
workingfolk with the drive to gut it
outtothetop. As Bruce Springsteen
said: "Some people say it all began
in the Garden of Eden, but they
were wrong, it started right here, in
the Garden State."
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fifteen years. These tax boosts have
"left a lot of people out of the
housing market and it is making it
harder for low income people to
maintain housing," Banks said. He
feels that the Maine Homestead Tax
Exemption is an "important first
step towards the state providing
tax relief to Maine homeowners."
Although this act is not being
funded this year, Banks hopes to
see the plan rejuvenated soon.
Regarding an issue poignant to
many in the Bowdoin community,
"Pro-choice/anti-abortion" is the
term Banks chooses to describe his
stance on abortion. "Legislating
abortion out of existence isn't
practical, because it would be
completely ineffective. Education
and access to birth control is the
way to go," he stated. He believes a
pro-life amendment to the
Constitution ludicrous and
unwarranted. He spent a lot of time
formulating that position, because
the abortion issue may be coming
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to the individual state legislatures
in light of the recent Supreme Court
decision, which basically puts the
ball in each state's court.
Running a campaign, even at the
state level, is a difficult task, Banks
has discovered. Because he held
Advanced Placement credits, he is
able to take only one course this
semester and still graduate in 1991
if he takes a full course load next
semester. He finds it's taken a
tremendous amount of time to
mount a credible campaign. One
time-consuming aspect which he
had not anticipated was the influx
of questionnaires from special
interest groups seeking to attain his
position on a numberof issues. There
are also photo sessions to shoot,
interviews to schedule and
brochures to create, among other
things. Banks begins door-to-door
campaigning this week, hoping to
raise the approximately $2000.00
more he will need to finish up the
campaign. So far Banks has done all
of his fund-raising through personal
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solicitation, although he plans to
send out a mailing soon.
Although it may seem unusual
for a college student to be running
for the State House of
Representatives, there are actually
five college students in races across
the state. His age "comes into play
in a number of ways," he concedes.
Many people see his age as an asset,
and are impressed with the fact that
he is ambitious enough to go after a
seat and that he is attempting to
help Maine youth. On the other
hand, many people feel that he
should havemoreexperiencebeforc
entering state level government.
Should Banks be elected, he would
assume his seat in January of 1991
and the legislature would finish its
session in June, although committee
work will continue through the
summer. He hopes to reach many
Bowdoin students and will start
campaigning on campus soon, and
he hopes to educate many students
on the fact that they can register and
vote in Brunswick on election day.
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Weekend damage Columbus Day Conference
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extinguisher. A piano, stereo
equipment, and several items of
clothing were also damaged.
Lewellan said, "The function had
to be stopped and physical plant
called to clean up the mess."
Lewallen declined to release the
name of the Harvard man, but said
. he is in the process of assembling
information to send to Harvard
University for an internal
disciplinary vote.
"Main Lounge was done without
our knowledge and without any
participation from Bowdoin Zetes,"
Bandurski said, adding "although
we did invite this person up, we
had no way of predicting he would
behave this way. We believe it
should be treated as an individual
offense."
Zcta Psi Vice-President David
Potischman '92 added, "We don't
think we're blameless, but we're not
directly involved in any of the
damage."
"We're accepting reponsibility for
what happened and cooperating
with Dean Lewallen and the House
Corporation to get the situation
resolved," he said.
The Chi Delta Phi members feel
that the Bowdoin Zcta Psi chapter
should be held accountable for
Saturday night's events.
"I understand that some of the
Lamda Zetes felt bad about the
incidents this weekend. However,
since they chose to ignore the
damage rather than actively prevent
it, they too have to be held
responsible," said Bart Accocella '91 .
Chi Delta Phi's eviction of Zeta
Psi from 14 College Street responds
not only to the damages Zetes'
visitors wreaked on the Chi Delta
Phi house Saturday night, but also
to Bowdoin Zetes' and their guests'
use of cups that bolster single-sex
fraternities.
Many Zeta Psis socializing at the
Chi Delta Phi house on Saturday
night displayed red plastic cups that
read Zeta Psi "Better Dead than Co-
ed" and are decorated with a
drawing of a female stick figure
with a slash through it.
"Thecups were not only an insult
to Chi Delta Phi, but to every other
house on campus and the campus
in general," said Mcarthur.
In defense of the Bowdoin Zetes,
Bandurski stated, "Wedidn't design
the cups or know they were here.
They were brought up by an
alumnus."
McArthurtold the Orient the Zcta
Psi members will no longer be
allowed to socialize at the Chi Delta
Phi house unless invited by a Chi
Delta Phi member.
(Continued from page 3)
Columbus Day?
Wells: We tend to put all of the
emphasis on Columbus, and there's
nothing wrong with that, I think we
have to recognize that this is a
tremendous enterprise by the
Europeans to get across here and
the new technology which came
about during this age of
reconnaissance in their ability, with
very few numbers, to take
advantage of their technological
superiority and useing Indian allies
todefeat many of these civilizations.
Its not in any way denigrating
their contribution but at the same
time its recognizing that there is
more to it than the western approach
or the western emphasis. And that's
what we're trying to do at the
conference.
Orient: Is there any other
important aspectsof Columbus day
that people should know?
Wells: Ithinkoneoftheproblems
is that when we have studied
Europeans and the Indians, we have
tended to, for our own particular
historical and ideological reasons,
either created a good cop/bad cop
routine in that we tend to either
extol the virtues of European
civilization and make the Indians
seem like ritualistir, cannibalistic,
human sacrificial, power-mad,
savages or we dc the opposite. We
say how wonderful, bucolic,
peaceful, humane, and what great
part in literature the Indians had.
We do the same thing with the
Europeans, wecreateakindof black
legend versus a white legend of
history. So I hope that what comes
out of all this emphasis on the
quincentenary is a more balanced
perspective on these cultures, both
the positive attributes and the
negative. And that's what is sorely
missing. Because you can go
through theaccountsoftheconquest
and Indians are portrayed in a
certain manner and the Spanish are
always diametrically opposed to
that. In many ways, I think it is the
writers, historians, chronicles, and
anthropologists who really haven't
done a service because they tended
to use the encounter for their own
ideological and political
perspectives. So we have go beyond
that to interpret what's going on. If
we can get this idea across, that will
be a tremendous accomplishment.
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diseases, they got the servile
labor.. .It seems like the Indians got
the bad end of the deal. Dq you
think the Indians were at the neat
disadvantage?
Wells: Absolutely, but on the
other hand, what would be the point
of saying that the Indians were
wonderfuland not even mentioning
the human sacrifices for example
the
What I'm saying is that when re-
telling the history as we are doing
we shouldn't be conscience of
making an equal mis-
characterization. It's not just a
question of correcting the European
bias but its also in a sense of giving
a balanced perspective on whatjthe
quincentenary is about. And I think
that's about what I'm trying to say.
Orient: Did the Indians benefits
from the European exploration?
Wells: You look at the balance
sheet and it doesn't look very good
for the Indian perspective. Clearly
they lost their land, they were forced
to servile labor, and the
demographic disaster we talked
about, and clearly we're not as
healthy in termsof civilizations and
the case of North America, even
worse still because they kept on
being pushed further and further
west and put into reservations and
that was done in numerous places
in Latin America too, for example
Argentina. So you look at the
balance sheet, it doesn't look very
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NUMBER 8
Angie Dierks "92 and Dennis Perkins *92 sit on the Moulton Union steps leading up to the Office of
Career Sevices where the CIA was interviewing yesterday. Photo by Jim Sabo.
Students oppose CIA recruitment
DSA organizes silent sit-in outside OCS yesterday
BY BRENDAN RIELLY considered heterosexual," on the protest or the charg
BY BRENDAN F
Orient Staff
The Central Intelligence
Agency's recruiting efforts met
with protest Thursday, as the
Democratic Socialists of America
staged a sit-in on the steps in the
Moulton Union leading up to the
Office of Career Services.
Twenty to twenty-five
students, wearing bandannas
over their mouths and carrying
signs, protested the CIA's political
activity and their hiring process,
from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The DSA organised the protest
in order to condemn CIA
discrimination against
homosexuals in their hiring
policies, said national liason Keith
Nokes '93.
Though CIA Personnel
Representative Bryan Peters
signed a recruitment form stating
that the agency does not
discriminateonthebasisof sexual
orientation, Nokes cited two
national court cases — JulieDubbs
v. William Webster, CIA Director
and Webster v. Doe — against the
agency as proof of its biased
policies.
"They've organized a
loophole," said Nokes, "where
they subject a gay applicant to a
much more rigorous security
examination. They consider
homosexuality a security risk."
Nokes said the discrimination
occurs not only in the hiring
process, but when an employee
admits he or she is gay. "Their
sexual conduct was never
investigated when they were
on the protest or the charges of
discrimination because he was
"not designated as the individual
to serve as spokesperson for the
agency."
Tessler included sexual
orientation in the college's new
non-discrimination policy as a
result of former President LeRoy
Greason's directive last spring.
Besides sexual preference, the
policy also prohibits any
institution, privateor public, who
discriminates on the basis of age,
race, color, sex, marital or parental
status, religion, creed, ancestry,
national and ethnic origin,
physical or mental handicap from
recruiting or distributing
(Continued on back page)
considered heterosexual,
complained Nokes, who said he did
not know of any professed
homosexual who had been retained.
The DSA also protested the CIA's
political involvement in the
overthrow of former Iranian leader
Mohammed Mossedeq in 1953 and
former Chilean President Allende
in 1973 and subsequent installation
of the Shah and General Pinochet,
respectively.
Various student protesters also
carried signs reminding onlookers
of the CIA's role in the Iran-Contra
affair and citing former agents Philip
Agee's and John Stockwell's claim
that the. CIA has killed over 15
million peoplein the last fortyyears.
Sexual discrimination was the
main consideration,
however, as the
DSA asked the OCS
to set up an open
forum in which the
agency and
students could
discuss the CIA's
hiring policies.
Such a forum
would be a "very
healthy exchange of
information and one
that will be ol
important
educational value to
the Bowdoin
College
community," said
Lisa Tessler
Director of Careei
Services.
Tessler said
Peters told her he
would not comment Angie Dierks "92. Photo by Jim Sabo.
Coalition protests
Edwards' response to
November 2 deadline
BY MARK JEONG
Orient News Editor
The Coalition of Concerned
Students, dissatisfied with President
Robert H. Edwards' statement
concerning his plans for faculty
diversity, has scheduled a passive-
resistence blockade today.
Today marked the deadline set
by the coalition for Edwards'
response.
The coalition called the statement
"unacceptable," and feels that it does
not meet nor fully address "the
problems of homogeneity at
Bowdoin put forth last spring."
The demonstration will begin at
7:00 a.m., and they plan to blockade
the entrances to the Hawthorne-
Longfellow Library and the
administrative building.
Members of the coalition have
chosen the library and the
administrative building because
"they are the most central areas in
which to express our unfulfilled
demands to the whole of the
Bowdoin community."
A member of the coalition,
Jenckyn Goosby '91, said "we do
not wish to alienate anyone."
Goosby said the demonstration is
going to be non-violent, and hopes
"everyone who believes in diversity
will join in the day of response."
On October 31, Edwards
addressed the Coalition of
Concerned Students and the
Bowdoin community of his
intentions for further diversifying
the student body and the faculty. As
the channel 13 news crew and the
Portland Press Herald looked on,
Edwards calmly commended the
coalition for the "impressive
demonstration" during the
Inauguration. The Coalition of
Concerned Students held a silent
demonstration outside Farley Field
House last Friday as President
Edwards was inaugurated as the
thirteenth president.
In his report, Edwards told the
coalition that the prepared
statement is only a "status report"
and it is not "designed to dispose of
thequestion of divcrsity,but to open
discourse a subject that will never
have a 'solution' but .will require
unending commitment, tolerance,
and energy from all of us."
Edwards' statement reiterated his
"conviction that Bowdoin must
create a more welcoming
environment for cultural, racial,
religious, and socio-economic
diversity."
Edwards also stated that Bowdoin
has started to diversify and these
attributes should not go unnoticed.
Along with reminding the students
of the measures already taken, he
told them it will not stop here. He
said,"this is an important base; it
demonstrates both fact and intent."
Edwards said it is the "College's
business" that graduates of
Bowdoin be enlightened and aware
of issues about race, gender, and
ethnicity.
When asked about the reason for
the demonstration, coalition
member Johannah Burdin '92 said,
"We arc demonstrating because we
asked for a plan and wedidn'tgeta
plan." Burdin said the coalition
would like to see Bowdoin "as the
leading the way in diversity, and
president Edwards and Bowdoin
could achieve that goal." Burdin
feels that Bowdoin has much
potential with President Edwards,
and she hopes that this potential
materializes.
In his statement, Edwards listed
several items which will move
forward. He said;
1. Faith Perry will be the
Affirr/iative Action Officer, to assist
departments in casting their net in
the most effective way possible so
as to secure diverse pools of
applicants,
2. Bowdoin will continue to
participate in the Swarthmore
consortium and Minority Fellow
Program; which enablesa promising
young minority scholar to teach at
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Inauguration pictorial-Page 5
2 November 2, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Students travel to Harvard Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay conference
BY KRISTIN MARSHALL
Orient Contributor
lesbian bisexual and gay community. Sexpest is the editor of
"On Our Backs," a lesbian erotica magazine, and author of The
Lesbian Sex Manual.
AfterthreeconsecutiveyearsatYale,eightBowdoinstudent S Inaddition, nightly films and performances were held and
joined a few Bowdoin alumni and 1200 people from around Saturday night participants were given a banquet followed by
the country at the fourth annual Lesbian Bisexual and Gay a costume dance.
Studies Conference was held at Harvard University this past
weekend.
Conference participants discussed many provocative and
controversial topics throughout the tightly packed weekend
schedule. Within the eight hour-and-a-half sessions panelists
and audience members talked about such issues as the "medical
Many provocative and controversial topics were discussed
throughout the conference — far too many for adequate
coverage here — but a few, continually examined and criticized
within the lesbian, bisexual and gay community, are important
to mention.
The concept of "drag," considered "crossdressing" by most,
gaze on the gay community, AIDS activism and theory, was addressed in Friday night's presentation by Dr. Queen's
representations of black gay male experiences, legal issues. Drag Academy. Aside from the question raised, but not
the French theorist Foucault, cultural representations of
homosexuality, and the media and sexual representation.
Panelists ranged from university and college professors to
political activists. Each presentation was followed by an
audience discussion with the panelists.
Among the panelists was Craig Harris, who lectured at
Bowdoin last spring during BGLAD's first annual Out Week.
He spoke on AIDS and the black male community. Eve
Sedgwick and Michael Moon, both of Duke University,
discussed the cult of Divine, the actor/actress often featured
in John Water's films. Another panelist Susie Bright, otherwise
known as Susie Sexpest, addressed the issue of porn in the
normative society in the U.S. as non-gays have. We are not
exempt from cultural and societal values and attitudes which
we are meant to be assimilated into.
In addition to complexities raised within the panel
discussions, conflict arose within the conference' itself. A
boycott was called against Saturday night's keynote speaker,
Catherine Stimpson.
Luz Maria Umpierre, a panel participant, informed her
audience that Stimpson voted against the tenure of Juanita
Ramos, a panelist on the Latino/Latina Politics panel and that
Stimpson has voted against every African American and
Latin American professor who has come up for tenure at
Rutgers University. Umpierre said she would not have
accepted the invitation to speak at this conference had she
answered, by one woman in the troupe concerning the known that she would be on the same program as Stimpson.
Betty Thompson gets high
marks as new counselor
subversion of the feminine construct, the history of drag was
presented without an examination of gender presentation
within it.
During the panel- discussion of Latino & Latin Politics of
Sexual Identity: The U.S., was challenged. The notion of a
"Queer Nation" can be critiqued as a "melting pot" of gays —
not only may it obscure cultural differences which many
lesbians, bisexual, and gays have, as well as self-protect itself
against criticism of having other biases, but equating the gay
community as an ethnic group obscures the fact that lesbians
bisexuals & gays have grown up surrounded by the same
Stimpson spoke at Bowdoin three years ago about
networking and the dangers of prioritizing oppressions.
As a final note on the Harvard conference, there was some
particularly notable graphic artwork that calls for recognition.
The Aids Coalition to Unleash Power, ACT UP!, was selling
posters picturing the head of Cardinal John O'Conner next to
a rolled out pink condom of the same size. The poster read
"Know Your Scumbags." Under the condom in smaller print
"this one prevents AIDS" was written.
Kristin Marshall '90 participated in the Harvard conference.
BY MATT LTATTILLO
Orient Contributor
Those who know her call her Ms.
T. Ms.T, whose real name is Betty
Thompson, is one of this year's new
counseling service members. A
graduateof Wichita State University,
where she was active in the campus
community, Thompson brings fresh
ideas and a positive attitude to
Bowdoin.
She is here to serve as a counselor
to all students, an advisor to multi-
ethnic groups, and a resource for the
college to turn to on multi-cultural
and organizational issues.
"Bowdoin is considered to be
highly ranked nationwide both
academically and politically,"
Thompson said. She said shotfeels
that Bowdoin students have a
consciousness forsecking "enduring
solutions" to societal problems. In
fact, she added that she sees Bowdoin
as being a "possible forerunner to
create opportunities for diversity."
Betty Thompson is, without a
d oubt, very excited to be at Bo wdoi n .
She said that one of her goals is to
further educate the college campus
about the existence of racism and
oppression, and the way in which
individuals can combat those two
problems. As an advisor to the Peer
Betty Thompson
Couns^ors Group, Thompson seeks
to inforih the students about "isms"
and how to eliminate them.
Another of Thompson's duties
will be to train these students to be
peer counselors.
She stressed that she would like
to serve as a resource person to the
faculty and administration, but most
importantly she wishes to be a
resource for all of the students at
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BYJULIENYOO
Orient Staff
In the spirit of Halloween,
Chi Psi held its annual
"Haunted House" last Tuesday,
October 29 for the local children
in the Brunswick area.
Dave Bernstein '92, John
Auerbach'91 and Dave Johnson
'92 organized the festivities and
Bernstein said the event was a
"huge success."
The event was free of charge
for the children, butoverl00$in
donations were collected which
will be given to the Bath
Children's Home.
To achieve the haunted affect,
the halls of Chi Psi were
^converted to the residents of
famous monsters such as Count
Dracula, the mad scientist, and
the famous local ghoul, "the
blue moose."
The youngsters were treated
to a tour of terror through the
house. They were greeted at the
door by the Grim Reaper (David
Bender '91). In the kitchen, the
dancing voodoo priest Mitchell
Zuklie '91 practiced voodoo
magic on his hapless victim as
his demented helpers danced
around screaming and
whooping to the sounds of
voodoo drums.
Another highlight was the
torture chamber which featured
Jim Rock'93 and Brian Farnham
'93 sharing time as the exploding
man. Around the corner, Count
A local Brunswick girl is terrified
Photo by Mark Jeong
Dracula (Colin Tory '93), waited
patiently for unsuspecting victims
to pounce on.
Preceding down to the second
floor, the mad scientist (Cato
Kemmler '93) literally showed some
heart as he operated on Matt
Torington '93 and brandished his
bloody tools at the kids. Down the
hall the hanging man (Jeff Demming
'93), tried to persuade the children
to "hang" out for a while.
Chi Psi got much needed
by scary Chi Psi members.
participation from others in the
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The Bowdoin Orient
November 2, 1990
Election 1990 Election 1990 Election 1990 Election 1990 Election 1990 Election 1990
Bowdoin professor participates in election tabulation
Assistant professor of Government Janet Martin will tabulate Maine election results for NES
BY BRIAN FARNHAM
Orient Asst. News Editor
If you turn on your television next
Tuesday night and are given up to
the minute election results for
Maine, you can thank Government
Professor Janet Martin.
Last July Martin was given the
job of Maine State manager for the
News Election Service (NES). The
News Election Service is a
cooperative news agency which is
owned by ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN,
and AP and UPI wire services and
whose purpose is to "collect,
tabulate, and distribute unofficial
election night vote results" nation
wide.
To organize this massive
undertaking, the NES hires fifty
state managers who arexesponsible
for organizing the election returns
to be dessiminated to the networks
and the wire services.
Professor Martin was
recommended for the job by one of
her students. "Bowdoin students
have wonderful connections:
probably better than the faculty ever
have," she joked.
Martin had been planning to
return from Washington where she
was working for Congress to have a
"nice peaceful year doing research
and teaching," but this job changed
all that. 'It used to be that state
managers were all journalists but it
sort of broadened out. Now you get
a lot of people who are 'politic
groupies' who are involved with it
so you have a lot of reporters but
also a lot of academics, political
scientists, authors and even the New
Hampshire Commissioner of
Agriculture." What all these
managers do share, if not
occupational interests, is a love of
politics, Martin said.
Martin is leaving for New York
on Friday to prepare for theTuesday
elections. Most of the hard work of
her job has already been completed
and consisted of organizing people
to help report election tallies to the
NES in New York. Those who were
enlisted range from journalists to
students from colleges, and
universities such as Maine,
Bowdoin, and Colby as well as from
various government classes at
Maine high schools. These students
are in charge of precinct reports.
"Precinct report" is the general term
given by the NES for various voting
units at counties throughout the
nation, whether they be districts,
ward s, towns, etc. Precinct reporters
are responsible for collecting the
totals as soon as they are available
and calling them in to NES regional
centers. In this way, unofficial
election results are available for the
media to report without waiting for
official tallies.
Precinct reports are only one
phase, however. To accumulate
100% of the votes for any election,
the NES uses a County Report.
Martin is also responsible for
assigning reporters at each county
who will call the NES in New York
Associate professor of Government
Janet Martin. Photo by Jim Sabo.
on election night with cumulative
reports as results come in. These
reporters are often at tabulation
centers long into the night as some
of these centers have to hand count
paper ballots. As Martin puts it:
"when Dan Rather announces that
one percent of the votes have been
sent in at 8:1 5, it's from one of those
precinct calls that that information
is coming from."
While all of this is happening,
Martin will be in New York at NES
National Center supervising the
results as they come in throughout
the night. With as many as a
thousand phone calls coming in
from precincts and counties
throughout Maine, that amounts to
a hectic night. "Sometimes voter
registration figures don't match
election results and that's got to be
sorted out. If atown reporter doesn't
call in, we've got to track himdown."
Although a native of Wisconsin,
Martin says her ex perienceas Maine
State Manager has allowed her to
become intimate with five hundred
towns in Maine. Sometimes she
would call cities to locate precinct
locations and end up getting a crash
course in Maine accents and
colloquialisms. "It was up in
Gardiner or someplace that I could
never understand what they were
saying with the accent," Martin
recalls. "One location was given to
me as Willard Street Hose House
and it took me a while to understand
they were talking about a Fire
Station."
Compounding the difficulty of
the job is the fact that Maine takes
longer to tabulate its voles than a lot
of other states, in part, says Martin,
because of problems such as small
voting districts which have only
seven registered voters, none of
whom may vote, or because of a
significant amount of referendum
issues each of which must be
counted. Sometimes the problems
are wonderfully Maine in nature.
"In some cases there isn't a phone
Where to Vote
on an island and you have to wait
for election results to be rowed in."
Martin has learned a lot about the
nitty gritty of election processes that
she never knew before. "I had never
asked the question of 'where do the
results come from on election night?'
and now I know," she said . Another
interesting part of the job was
meeting the other state managers at
a convention the NES held last
August. 'These are some of the most
interesting people I've met," she
said. "It's sort of common that they
all like politics and like to watch
election returns."
Ironically enough, Martin herself
won't be able to do this as she must
watch computer print outs and sec
only the results for one state. "I have
students who I've forced to tell me
on Thursday what happened in the
elections," she joked.
Martin's job does not end after
election night is over as she must
wrap up the loose ends of the
tremedous organizational system
that was in gear, making sure people
get paid and so on.
When asked if she would ever
consider doing this job again, Martin
laughs. "My friends and family all
say 'no way, you can't do this again .'
but I'd do it again. It's a different
group of people that you work with
and they're all just wonderful.
People are excited and interested
and come from different
perspectives."
If you live at..
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Maine Hall,
Winthrop,Moore, Baxter
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Apartments, Mayflower
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the Afro-American House,
the Women's Resource
Center, the Newman
Center, the International
House, Chi Delta Phi, Chi
Psi, TD, Deke, Psi U, Kappa
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...you will vote at the Coffin
School on Barrows Drive off of
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from Maine Street onto
Columbia Avenue (Columbia is
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downtown Brunswick). Go
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and a parking lot on your left.
The entrance is down half a
block farther.
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Pine Street Apartments, or
Harps well Apts.
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Center at 30 Federal Street next
to the Police Department.
at the United Methodist Church.
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on your right.
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Apts., or Burnett House
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to Maine Street. Take it past
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past Pleasant Street. That
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The Bowdoin Orient
Edwards * inauguration speech addresses diversity, deficit
The following passages are
exerpted from President
Robert H. Edwards'
inauguration address.
Two months ago, newly arrived
from Paris, I opened the College year
standing in the footsteps of
Bowdoin's nineteenth century
presidents. There in the shadows of
the Congregational church it was
natural to reflect upon their
confident sense of centrality and to
speculate about institutional
purpose in our exploding culture —
creative, exciting, bewildering, and
turbulent, beyond the wildest
dreams of our antecedents.
Two months into the job, Bowdoin
apparently determined to install this
person "from away," as outlanders
are described in Maine, those great
questions still rumble around us.
But today, in this airy new structure,
I'm drawn beyond the forces of
culture and the fate of societies to
earthier matters. I confront the
question that used to be posed by
my mentor David Bell, first when he
was Director of the U.S. Budget, and
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youngstaff members. (I am honored
that he is here today, with at least
three college presidents who used
to work for him.) "Therefore what?"
David used to ask, bringing us to
earth.
Therefore what? Therefore the
College budget — and a budget
deficit, a large one, cumbersome and
troubling. What to do? First, surely,
look backwards to that age of
certainty, when things were simpler,
to the report of the Visiting
Committee for 1837. 'They regret,"
the report says, to state that the
estimate of the treasurer for the
ensuing year does not present a view
so favorable as last. He sets down
the expenses at $9260, and the
income at $7145, leaving a balance
of $2115 against the College. The
difference consists in the supposed
diminution of dividends on our
bank stock. But in the present
unsettled state of business — the
derangement of the currency — the
novel situation of all the banks — it
seems difficult to predict with much
accuracy...the amount of dividend
they may declare. Your committee
recommends that the treasurer be
authorized to borrow a sum
sufficient to pay the deficiency,
limiting the sum however to $2100 ."
Inl838it wasn'tmuch better. The
Visiting Committee looked
gloomily beyond the bank
dividends and concluded that, "for
the ensuing year the deficiency is
estimated to be $3500, rather more
than a third of our whole
expenditure."
They then observe: "It is apparent
that if the institution can escape a
reduction of expenditure, it will
demand a great economy and
carefulness in the application of its
means, with the strictest fidelity and
attention to its most important
interests and objects, and the utmost
improvement of its resources from
tuition."
That is very much the spirit of the
charge being given by Bowdoin's
Boards to their new president, and
so, from Bowdoin in the America of
1838 we turn this morning to
Bowdoin and America in 1 990. How
will we-^-and for all that American
higher education or the society as a
whole — react to an age that
demands "a great economy and
carefulness in the application of its
means with the strictest fidelity and
attention to its most important
interests and objects"-j-and when
resouces from tuition have peaked.
What skills and attitudes of mind do
we bring to the task?....
Where do we look for
indications of Bowdoin's character,
genius, and destiny? After only two
months, the signs are exciting and
filled with promise. There are a
number of "markers" that I believe
should define Bowdoin...
...Diversity — race. It is the issue
that could break America as a
functioning society. How does
Bowdoin, in the State of Maine,
contribute to a working, racially
plural United States, consistent with
its character? I take it as axiomatic
that me must reflect the wider
society. Bowdoin is not a small, local
college; it is a national insitution. Its
graduates number two senators in
Washington, the Permanent
Representative to the United Nations
in New York, bankers, lawyers,
doctors, teachers around the
country and the world. How can
we educate the future leadership of
America, female and male, black,
Hispanic, if we do not reflect the
country in microcosm.
...We speak also of diversity of
minds and intellectual passions; of
race, surely — but race, if we are not
careful, can mask the individual
spirit that is attracted to and
accepted by Bowdoin, to be nu tured
for its human promise, not its race.
Bowdoin can and must draw upon
those elements of its tradition that
are tolerant and welcoming, above
all to individual spirits.
As we, in Bowdoin, in America,
in 1990, attend to our "most
important interests and objects,"
and make our choices, I could ask
for no more noble outcome than
that we might all — boards,
students, faculty and
administration — "arrive where we
started, and know the place for the
first time."
Women's Awareness Week starts this week
BY SHARON PRICE
Orient Staff
Women's Awareness Weekis
this coming week from
November 5 through the 1 1 . The
Bowdoin Women's
Organization (BW A) along with
other groups who co-sponsor
the Woman's Awareness Week
1990.
The activities are scheduled
to run from November 5
through the 11th.
"BWA sponsors this week to
expose the .Bowdoin and
Brunswick community to
different women's issues
today," organizers said.
There will be lectures, readings,
exhibits, and discussions on a wide
range of issues from sexual
harassment to witchcraft to eco-
feminism. The schedule of events
will be posted around campus with
a complete listing, but there are a
few events that are especially
noteworthy.
The first activity will be an "Open
Forum on Rape." The forum is
scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 4 at
7:30 p.m. The forum is co-sponsored
by National Organization of
Women (NOW) and the Bowdoin
Women's Association.
A three day main exhibit will be
held in Lancaster Lounge called "It's
a Sexist Country After All." The
exhibit will start on Monday.
Organizers would not give
information on the specifics of the
exhibit, but promised that it is going
to be interesting.
Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. in Kresge,
there will be a lecture by Christine
Riddiough, co-chair of the National
Democratic Socialists of America.
The lecture will be called "Sexuality
and Socialism." Also scheduled on
Tuesday is a panel discussion with
Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff
on "Men and Sexual Harassment."
The discussion will be held in Dagget
Lounge ft 8:00 p.m.
Poetry reading by Sonia Sanchez
will be held on Friday at 8:00 p.m. in
Kresge. The reading is free but
it does require a ticket for
admission. Tickets can be
picked up in the events office
free of charge.
Saturday at 8:00 p.m. in
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will speak on eating disorders
from a multi-cultural study.
And on Sunday at 7:30 p.m .,
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festivities. It will be held in the
Chase Barn. It will be readings
by Bowdoin students by or
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interested in participating can
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The Bowdoin Orient
November 2, 1990
Edwards assumes
13th presidency
of Bowdoin College
Robert Hazard Edwards (right)
was inaugurated as Bowdoin's
13th president last Friday in the
presence of faculty, students,
alumni, and Governing Board
members. Also present were 50
silent protestors, who, like Sarah
Russell '91 (below), carried signs
and wore armbands in support of
faculty diversity.
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The Bowdoin Orient
Biology department experiments with computers
BY KEN LEGINS
Orient Staff
The innovative computer program makes studying biology more fun.
Photo by Jim Sabo.
The three dimensional imagery
that is used to create the lifelike
image of Roger Rabbit and the
television network logos is being
used for the first time in the
country by Carry Phillip's
developmental biology course at
Bowdoin College.
This revolutionary computer
program, called TOPAS, was
developed by AT&T and is being
use to help better understand the
developmental processes of the
Drosophila, better known as the
fruit fly.
Through grants, Phillips was
able to purchase the same
computer equipment used by the
movie industry to produce images
on the computer. These
computers enable students to
visualizethe formation of thegene
products in conjunction with the
morphological features which they
induce or inhibit through all
developmental stages of the fruit
fly.
Phillips was motivated to utilize
this system when he viewed the
same problem occurring through
his years in the developmental
biology field. "Students have
trouble combining all the
information into something which
they can readily recall in their
memory," said Phillips. He said the
system "will be used as a kind of
'spatial encyclopedia.'"
The combining and visualization
of all this information is especially
problematic in developmental
biology because it is studied in a
three dimensional context. It is the
study of the many gene products
that are interacting upon one
another, and upon the structure of
the organism itself.
Sandy Moy '92, a student in the
class said, "the class provides a
unique perspective in learning."'.
Moy said the operations of the
computers can be difficult at times,
but she said she is "enjoying the
class more than a regular text -based
class."
Katie Pakos '92 said, "It is very
different from other classes, and 1
feel that I am learning in a wav
which will help me to retain the
information longer."
"The students will be able to use
what they have learned in a creative
way and be able to get and
immediate feedback," said Phillips.
He expressed a hope that this new
idea would be used throughout
biology to help students better
understand many other processes
which are hard to visualize and
would in turn lead to a better overall
understanding of biological
processes.
Bowdoin acquires new counselor
BY JULIEN YOO
Orient Staff
There is a new face at the
Counseling Service at Bowdoin and
her name is Karie Wagner.
As the new staff counselor,
Wagner brings a good background
of experience with her to add to
Bowdoin. She has worked in the
Woman's Resource and Action
Center in the University of Iowa in
Iowa city and more recently, the
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YWCA Street Program, a sexual abuse
treatment agency for homeless
adolescents in Portland.
Wagner sees individual clients and
is referred to for victims of sexual
abuse at the Health Center.
She has not been here for long, but
already Wagner is trying to form a
support group for female survivors of
sexual abuse. The group would be
different from Peer Relations Support
Group (PRSG), which is a student run
organization that acts as a network of
American Heart
Association
short term counseling for victims.
If Wagner's group gets
established, sexual abuse victims
will be able to receive long term
treatment on campus.
Wagner is also presently
working with student
organizations- on an outreach
program which deal with
problems that come up at
Bowdoin.
Wagner said that Bowdoin, like
many other institutions needs
changes, but said she likes the
college. Wagner said that
although she has been "here a
couple of months, I want to see
what's going on and how I could
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There will be a forum preceding the Junior Qass Officer Elections
on Thursday, November 8th at 630pm in the Coles Tower
Library (16th floor). Petitions are aVailable at the Moulton
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A Halloween Party will be held at the Afro-American Center
starting at at 9:00 p.m. tonight.
There will be a prize for the best costume and movies will be
shown after the party. The party is free and it will have plenty
of food so come by.
An interview with author James Michener will air on WCBB
channel 10 on November 8th at 8pm. The interview was
conducted by Angus King and was filmed in the Susan Dwight
Bliss Room of Hubbard Hall. The interview will be repeated on
Sunday November 11th at 4:30.
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November 2, 1990
Senior Spotlight: Amanda Zimmerman makes beautiful music
BY LANCE CONRAD
Orient Staff
This week our spotlight falls
upon a very talented senior
woman. Amanda Zimmerman '91
is not only a remarkable musician,
but also a volunteer teacher and a
music teacher assistant.
Majoring in French and Music,
with a minor in Education,
Amanda juggles a busy schedule
that includes numerous extra-
curricular activities. For starters,
she is the principle violist for the
Bowdoin Community Orchestra.
She has played the viola for five
years, bringing with it thirteen
years of experience on the violin.
She has been an invaluable member
of the orchestra for all four of her
years at Bowdoin.
Every week she receives lessons
from Julia Adams, the principle
violist of the Portland Symphony
Orchestra. In addition, she
practices at least one hour per day.
Orchestra rehersals are on
Monday, from 6:30-7:30pm, and
Thursday, from 7:00-9:00pm, and
they perform three concerts every
year.
Chamber music quartets and
orchestra are where both her
strength and interest lie. She
prefers accompaniment rather than
performing as a soloist.
Besides being a star of the
Bowdoin Community Orchestra,
Amanda is a teacher assistant for
Music Theory I. She coordinates
and administers the laboratory
exercises for Music 101 .
Also this fall, Amanda is
volunteering her time as an
assistant teacher to sixth graders
at Brunswick Junior High School.
In the past she has volunteered
time at Jordan Acres
Kindergarten, also as an assistant
teacher.
This past summer, Amanda was
a camp counselor in her home
state of Pennsylvania. She was
solely responsible for fourteen
three year old children, but it was
not that bad because, she says, "I
love little kids." Her plan is to be
a counselor again this summer,
probably at Buckingham, Brown,
and Nichols in Cambridge, MA.
Last year she studied in Paris
on the IES program during her
spring semester. She said it was a
wonderful experience to study in
Paris and travel throughout
Europe. Along for the ride were
seniors Erika Kelley, Andrea
Gilman, and Emily Stamelman,
all studying in Paris as well. Her
only regret, if she had to choose
one, is that she did not go abroad
for the entire year.
Next year Amanda hopes to
attend the University of
Pennsylvania Graduate School of
Education. She would like to
persue a one year program in
elementary education, possibly
combined with music education.
After that, who knows?
Amanda may possibly teach in a
private school or the Suzuki
School, which is a special music
school that starts with children as
young as three years old.
Looking back at her years at
Bowdoin, Amanda recalls a
memorable experience on her Pre-
Orientation Trip, a hilarious Beta
Ram Party sophomore year in which
she and Sue Iwanowicz '91, Erika
Kelley, and Missy Conlon '91
dressed up as reindeer, an awesome
Senior Class Trip to a Boston Red
Sox game earlier this semester, and
reuniting with old friends
Homecoming Weekend as major
highlights, not to mention watching
the men's hockey team play.
Commenting on her best friend
and roommate, Sue Iwanowicz
could only praise Amanda for being,
"very energetic, very talented, very
outgoing, and VERY giving."
Oddly, Sue followed up these
compliments by asking Amanda to
borrow her car. Amanda's
immediate response was, as one
might expect, "Sure!"
Hats off to Amanda Zimmerman
for excelling both in and beyond the
classroom, and best of luck to her
with future endeavors.
Amanda Zimmerman '91 studies music. Photo by Jim Sabo.
DSA mobilize on campus
BY SHARON PRICE
Orient Staff
The Democratic Socialists of
America (DSA) is getting into full
swing this year. Keith Nokes '93,
one of the leaders of the group,
explained they are a national
grassroots organization that works
to "exercisedemocracy to the largest
extent possible."
According to Nokes, the power
in government is in the hands of
business and people with wealth.
He feels that ordinary citizens'
participation in the government is
limited to every two or four years,
but "corporations vote every day
through lobbiest and PACs." Nokes
said the DSA philosophy is to
extend the governmental powers
to "everyone." They elect their
candidates for public office through
the democratic party.
Currently, DSA meet once a week
todiscuss politicaland social issues
"from a socialist perspective."
Several speakers have already been
brought to campus this year on
topics such as the role of socialism
in US-Israeli relations and other
political issues.
Right now DSA is dealing with
the issue of childcare on the
Bowdoin campus. The school does
provide childcare for employees
and students, but the price is high
for most of those using it.
Bowdoin's chapter of the DSA
meets Sunday at 8:00 p.m. on the
sixteenth floor of Coles Tower.
Anyone interested or learning more
about the DSA is encouraged to
contact Keith Nokes.
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to Learn About Employment Opportunities
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8 November 2, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Governing Boards discuss budget, other issues
First of three yearly meeting addresses issues ranging from placing audit committee chair to lengthening the school year
BY PAUL MILLER
Orient Staff
The Governing Boards met this
past weekend to discuss the various
issues facing Bowdoin College. The
meetings took place on Friday and
Saturday October 26 and 27, and
ended early Saturday evening.
The seperate eommitees of the
governing boards met Friday
morning, but their agendas had
already been set far in advance. The
board eommitees meet in advance
of the general meetings to iron out
their seperate agendas and to plan
individually what they will present
to the joint board for a general vote
for the next meeting.
Issues that were on the forefront
of the governing boards agenda for
the joint meetings were, according
to Student Executive Board Vice
Chairman, Mark Thompson '92:
President Edward's budget
proposal, and his defense of an
internal task force to review
Issues that were on
the forefront of the
governing boards
agenda... were
President
Edward's budget
proposal
appropriations of college funds;
student life, in the form of where the
college should focus its energies
present students with an active
campus life and; fraternities'
compliance with the health and
safety codes of the college, and their
progress on the co-ed membership
issue. The student movement for
diversity, and its demands were not
discussed in the joint or seperate
meetings.
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Vice President: Douglas Adderley
Treasurer: Edward Cho
Secretary: Megan Marco
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Executive Board makes
decision on CIA visit
BY JOSEPH SAWYER
Orient Staff
The Executive Board meeting
produced an intense discussion of
the controversial Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) visit to
campus.
The main point of contention was
whether it was the Board's place to
take a stand on the CIA issue. While
many students felt strongly about
the alleged sexual discrimination,
others were interested in the
recruiting drive.
This difference in opinion led to
the Board's final decision not to
choose sides. Chair of the Executive
Board Suzanne Gunn '93 said, "It's
not our place to take a stand." Gunn
explained that the Executive Board
is a forum in which student issues
are addressed. She claimed that the
Board is "supposed to hear both
sides present their views."
If the Board were to choose a side,
it would require a polling of the
entire student body. Such a vote
took place last year during the
grading policy controversy.
Publicity Chair Rebekah Eubanks
'93 agreed with the result of the
meeting. Eubanks said, "It is a
student's right to have access to the
CIA. As representative of the entire
student body, we can't neglect the
people who want the opportunity
to be interviewed.
Quit smoking.
Keith Nokes '93, a member of the
Democratic Socialists of America
understood the reasons behind the
Board's decision but felt that a
thorough investigation is essential
before any decision is made. He
said, "I'm not sure they were aware
of the sexual discrimination that
goes on in the CI A ." Nokes also said
he found it hard to comprehend
how a supposedly diverse
institution such as Bowdoin can
"logically sanction an organization
that discriminates."
Another issue addressed this
week is the evaluation of several
campus organizations. The
Bowdoin Film Making Club and the
Bowdoin Voice for Animal Rights
had their charters upgraded from
FC-4 to FC-3 status. Meanwhile, the
newly formed Debate Society,
represented by Ruvvan DeSilva '94,
was granted an organizational
charter.
A request was also heard by the
Democratic Socialists of America to
change their charter from a FC-3 to
a FC-2. The decision on this will be
made at a future meeting.
Finally, the Board announced that
it was conducting interviews with
students to fill positions on faculty
committees. A sign-up sheet has
been placed at the Moulton Union
desk, and the interviews are to take
place on Sunday mourning from
9:00-12:00 am.
President Ed wards insists that the
budget task force, that plans to
review the college's budget
allocations, be taken from internal
college constituencies. The college
faculty, students, and
administration are to be included,
and no overseers or trustees are to
sit on the task force. Otherbudgetary
issues included the official
recognition by the joint governing
boards of the Hatch Science
Library's name; the shelving of the
SI 2 million dollar student activities
center due to budgetary contraints;
the curtailment of construction of
the science building (only the first
of three stages will be finished).
Theboards kept a limited agenda,
according to Professor Stakeman,
who sits as a faculty representative
on the Financial Planning
Commitee,- because of the fact that
"the boards set their agendas far in
advance of the actual joint boards
meeting, and they have already
discussed the issues that concern
them." In essence the joint board
meeting that took place on Friday
was a to create a forum where the
issues discussed in each commitee
prior to the joint commitee meeting
could be voted on.
This was the first of three meetings
this year, according to Professor
Stakeman, and the issues that would
be discussed at other seperate
commitee meetings later in the year
were also being planned . Dean Jervis
spoke on Saturday at the Overseers
meeting, which took place in the
Beam Classroom of the Visual Arts
Center. The focus of her speech was,
in the words of Mark Thompson
"what students do after 11 o'clock."
The main concern of Jervis, accord ing
to Thompson, was where to diversify
student activities that are sponsored
by the college. One idea she raised
was to pave over the Hyde Cage, so
that students could throw parties.
The overall idea of jervis's speech
was that more activities and areas
around campus are needed for
students to have as "lounge areas"
for recreation and relaxation,
Thompson felt.
Other issues that arose during
the joint boards meeting wore: the
placing of the chair of the Audit
Commitee, Trustee Rosalvne
Spindel Bernstein, on the Executive
Commitee, and a discussion or
budget allocations along the lines
of future recommendations by the
budget task force. Some allocations
may be delayed. The Board of
Overseers discussed a possible
lengthening of the academic year,
and the listened to a report issued t
by Bob Stuart, the college's advisor
to fraternities, on the compliance
of the fraternities to the college's
health and safety regulations, and
on the issue of co-ed membership.
They are, in his opinion, making
progress. This meeting was
basically, in the words of Professor
Stakeman, "a time to get to know
the new President, and to review
the budget of the college." The next
joint meeting of the Governing
Boards takes place on March 1 -2
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Directed by
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Deformity
Written and
directed by
Michael Schwartz
Thursday, November 1
Friday, November 2
Saturday, November 3
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By John McNamara
Directed by
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The Bowdoin Orient
November 2, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Feel the rhythms of Clegg & Savuka
Unbelievable as it may seem, the
critically acclaimed South African
musician Johnny Clegg and his
band Savuka will be performing
right here in Brunswick, Maine.
The concert is at Morrell
Gymnasium, on Saturday,
November 10 at 8:30 p.m.
Johnny Qegg began working
with Savuka, a five-member band ,
in 1986 and together they have
enjoyed tremendous success
world-wide. They have performed
all over Europe, participated in the
Montreaux Jazz Festival; toured
with David Bowie; Earth, Wind
and Fire; Steve Winwood, and most
recently opened for Tracy
Chapman. However, most people
probably first got an introduction
to Clegg and Savuka when they
appeared on the Amnesty
International Human Rights Now!
tour that included Bruce
Springsteen and Sting. Recently,
they released their third album.
Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World, on
Capitol Records.
Johnny Clegg and Savuka play
an unusual mix of traditional Zulu
rhythms and contemporary
mainstream Western music, with
lyrics that are often political
commentaries. Clegg, a white
member of three Zulu tribes, is a
vocal opponent of apartheid.
Moreover, Savuka is the Zulu word
for "we have arisen." Despite the
subject matter of apartheid, Clegg
and Savuka's music is extremely
positive because Clegg is an
optimist with a strong hope for the
future. The group's onstage
performance also features
traditional dances of the Zulus.
Tickets are a mere $4 with a
Bowdoin I.D.and SI for the general
public. Available at the following
locations: Moulton Union Events
Office, Bowdoin College;
Macbean's Music in Brunswick;and
The Record Exchange in Portland.
Maine artists display
their talents in Bath
Johnny Clegg and Savuka to perform at Bowdoin November 10 at 8:30 p.m.
Opening today and continuing
to be on view until November 24 is
an art exhibit displaying works of
the Union of Maine Visual Artists
entitled "The Presidents' Show."
The exhibit features the work of six
past and present presidents of the
UMVA.
Now in its fifteenth year, the
UMVA is the state's largest
organizationof visual artists. It has
been, and continues to be, a strong
advocate for issues confronting
contemporary art and artists in
Maine.
This exhibit will offer the public
Moonbeams to sing:
ZSEESLZSZESZ Versatile quartet performs the golden oldies
contemporary artists.
Participating artists include
David Brooks, Maury Colton, Lynne
Harwood, Carlo Pittore, Abby
Shahn and Pam Smith.
The show is being displayed by
the Center for the Arts at the
Chocolate Church 804 Washington
Street, Bath. A reception for the
artists will be held today from 5:00
to 7:00 p.m. Gallery hours are
Tuesday through Friday from 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday from
1 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Do you like music from the 30's,
40's, and 50's? If you answered yes,
than don't miss the Moonbeams at
the Chocolate Church November 2
at 8:00 p.m.
The Moonbeams is a singing
group comprised of soprano
Johanna Whitney, alto-tenor Paula
Rais, tenor-alto Julie Cyr and bass
Ben Baldwin.
Although the Moonbeams do
concentrate on music from the 30' s,
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Great Britain 1983, 103
minutes.
Friday, November 2,
Smith Auditorium, 7:30 &
10:00 p.m. In this scathing
social satire, the
sacrilegious satirical six
have taken up the
monumental task of
explaining The Meaning of
Life . The results are
pungent, hilarious and
priceless views of sex,
religion, birth, war and
death. This relentless and
irreverent insanity leaves
nothing or no one
untouched. Monty Python
tackles life and wrestles it
to the ground in the most
savagely hilarious, rude
and amusing, vulgar and
comic, gross and
sidesplitting film you will
ever see.
Life of Brian
Great Britain 1979, 91
minutes.
Saturday, November 3,
Smith Auditorium, 7:30 &
10:00 p.m. Brian is born in a
manger a short distance
form and about the same
time as Jesus Christ.
Throughout his life, Brian
is continuously mistaken
for the Messiah. When Brian
grows up, he takes a job as
a vendor at the Roman
games and becomes
involved in a leftist terrorist
organization devoted to the
destruction of the entire
Roman Empire.
Born in Flames
USA 1983, 90 minutes.
Wednesday, November
7, Kresge Auditorium, 3:30
& 8:00 p.m. This film by
Lizzie Borden is a futuristic
tale of feminist turmoil that
is still brewing years after
a "peaceful" social
revolution. Thwarted by a
system that never
considers its minorities, a
group of women band
together in an effort to gain
control to the state owned
media. With humor and
style, the film combines the
many cadences of the
women's movement —
militant, moderate, black
rap, punk cool — to suggest
the potential for a unified
voice.
40's, and 50' s, they do add a few
original arrangementsoftheirown.
Versatility is the only word one
can use to describe a performance
which includes everything from
the be-bop style of the Andrews
Sisters to the Beach Boys summer
harmonies to a varied Christmas
carol repertoire.
The variety which characterizes
the Moonbeam's musical selections
also characterizes their audiences.
They have entertained and
educated students in a one-room
school house, sung the national
anthem at a Boston Celtic's game,
and performed at the the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts just to name
a few.
In addition. Moonbeam JulieCyr,
wrote the Maine State Lottery Daily
Double Jingle which helped the
group gain in popularity. Moreover,
in 1985, the jingle was named the
best lottery jingle in the nation by
the National Advertising
Association.
This a capella group invites you
to take a stroll down memory lane
as they sing selections such as
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,
Boardwalk, Java Jive, Over The
Rainbow, Lollipop, Chapel of Love
and a Beach Boys Medley.
Don't miss this very talented
group. Tickets are 510 general
seating and $8 for students. For
more information call 442-8455.
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Sunday, November 4, at 3:00
pjn. Gallery Talk. Walker Art
Building/'Nineteenth-Century
European Works on Paper," by
Janet Marstine, visiting
instructor of art.
Sunday, November 4, at 7*30
p.m. Slide Lecture. Beam
Classroom, Visual Arts Center.
Painter Barry Gealt, Professor of
Art, Indiana University.
Wednesday, November 7,
4:00 p.m. An Illustrated
Discussion. Beam Classroom,
Visual Arts Center.
"Photographer in a Foreign
Land." Photographer Kevin
Bubriski, Bowdoin Class of '75.
Thursday, November 8, at
7:30 p.m. Lecture. Kresge
Auditorium. "Albrecht Durer
and the Print Revolution." Clifton
C. Olds and Edith Cleaves Barry
Professor of the History and
Criticism of Art.
November 6 through
December 2. Exhibit. John A. and
Helen P. Becker Gallery. Recent
and contemporary works on
paper from the collection chosen
by Professor Larry D.
Lutchmansingh of the Bowdoin
Art History faculty.
Through November 23
Mondays, Wednesdays &
Fridays from !:00 to 430 p.m.
Exhibit. Asian Studies Program,
38 College Street. "Visions from
the Roof of the World" —a
photographic view of Tibet.
10 November 2, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Photo of the Week
photo by Alicia Collins '93
Trying to stretch dollars when
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The Bowdoin Orient
November 2, 1990 11
Successful
week for
volleyball
BY TIMOTHY M. SMITH
Orient Staff
For a time last week, the
Bowdoin volleyball team
appeared unbeatable. With two
straight-set victories over Colby
and UNH Thursday night and
three more in the preliminary
rounds of the NESCAC
Tournament on Saturday, the
Bears strung together their
longest winning streak of the
season.
It featured several tight, hard-
fought matches against strong
competition, including a 15-13,
3-15, 15-10 triumph over
Amherst which Coach Lynn
Ruddy called their "sweetest
victory all season long."
Although the streak was
snapped by archrival Bates in
the NESCAC semifinals, the
Bears remain on a roll.
Bowdoin's five-game winning
streak began with a 15-1, 15-12
drubbing of Colby. The team
followed up this victory by
upending UNH, 15-13, 15-7.
From the Bears' opening round
win over Connecticut College at
the NESCAC Tournament two
days later, it was clear that none
of the momentum gained
Thursday night had been lost.
The Bears were paired against
Trinity in Round 2, and Bowdoin
went into the match having won
three consecutive matches, and
six consecutive games. Although
Trinity did manage to take a
game from Bowdoin, the Bears
nevertheless kept the streak alive
with a 15-10, 15-17, 15-12 win.
Highlighted by the accurate
hitting and serving of Ellen
Williamson '92, Abby Jealous '91,
and Ingrid Gustavson '92, this
win set the stage for a showdown
with Amherst in the third round .
The fact that Amherst had
already beaten them twice this
season made the Bears' 15-13, 3-
15, 15-10 victory all the more
satisfying. Williamson again
spearheaded Bowdoin's attack
as she served six consecutive aces
at one point in the match.
Co-captain Jealous said, It
was a big break to beat Amherst ."
She pointed out that Bowdoin's
performance was a team effort
and that the consistent play was
the key to its success.Finishing
first in thefour-team pool, the
Bears advanced to the semifinal
round against Bates.
Although they lost (11-15, 14-
16), Coach Ruddy termed the
match "our best versus Bates in a
long time."
Bowdoin was one of two
schools to place three players on
All-Tournament teams. Melissa
Schulenberg '93 and Jealous were
selected to the First Team, while
Gustavson was the Second Team
represenfetive.
Bowdoin takes a 16-21 record
to the State Tournament at UNE
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SPORTS
Women's soccer wins in ECAC
Polar Bears defeat Conn College Camels 1-0 to advance
BY DAVE JACKSON
Orient Staff
For the first time this season, the women's soccer
team had a losing week. They probably don't care.
The Bears won their biggest game of the season
Wednesday, in the first/ound of the ECAC tournament,
over a game Connecticut College team.
Katie Gould '94 scored in the waning seconds off an
assist from Sarah Russell '91 to give the Bears the win.
The week started on a sour note with a 2-0 loss to
archrival Bates last Wednesday.
The Bears came out flat, and Bates dominated for 60
minutes, scoring twice. Bowdoin woke up and played
hard for the remainder of the game, but they could not
score and left with the loss.
Coach John Cullen remarked that "we had lost our
desire. We lost the joy of playing the game."
Fifteen minutes into the game with Salem State, they
found their desire again. By then, the Vikings, ranked
number two in New England Division III, had scored
twice and were threatening to add more.
But the Bears fought back, playing aggressively and
earning several opportunities to score before finally
cashing in with just over one minute left. Gould
headed in a cross from Tracy Ingram '92 on a beautifully
designed play.
Despite the 2-1 loss, Cullen was proud of his team's
effort. "We could have packed it in and the score could
have been 8-0. But the players reached back and found
their confidence. We played an outstanding second
half," he said.
The Bears returned to the field Wednesday to face
the Camels, whom they defeated 1-0 in the regular
season on a Julie Roy '93 goal early in the game.
This time the game was scoreless for 85 minutes.
Both teams had chances throughout the game. Bowdoin,
in particular, had two golden opportunities go by
when Gould and Russell missed wide open nets in the
second half.
But poetic justice has a way of creeping up on its
beneficiaries.
Russell outdueled a Camel defender for the ball on
the left side of the field, dribbled toward the middle,
and tapped the ball to Gould, who had stayed with her
all the way.
Gould fired to the upper right, and the ball sailed
past diving Camel goalie Eva Cahalan and settled in
the right comer of the net with 4:31 left in regulation.
The goal gave Bowdoin a berth in the semifinals of
the tournament.
The Polar Bears outshot the Camels 12-9 for the
game, with Caroline Blair-Smith '93 making
four saves for the victors and Cahalan saving
seven Bear shots.
The Polar Bears will meet Brandeis in the
semifinals at 1:30 on Saturday at Bates. If
victorious, Bowdoin might get another shot
at the Bates Bobcats, this time for the ECAC
title.
Sarah Russell *91 moves the ball over to teammate Didi Salmon '92. Russell assisted on
Katie Gould's '94 goal which propelled the team into the semis. Photo by Chris Stassel.
Tournament bid for men's soccer team
BY DAVID SCIARRETTA
Orient Asst. Sports Editor
The men's soccer squad is 1-1 in
their last two games, and has earned
a spot in the ECAC playoffs.
The Bears beat a young, physical
Wheaton team 2-1 at Pickard Field
on September 25, and then played
sluggishly on Homecoming
Weekend, taking a 5-1 whipping at
the handsof the Wesleyan Cardinals.
The Polar Bears will play Bates
tomorrow, and then will trek to
Waterville to take on the formidable
and undefeated Colby Mules in the
first round of the playoffs.
The Wheaton game was as rough
as Coach Tim Gilbridehad expected.
Shoving matches erupted several
times, as both sides fought to control
play.
The Lions, who had just three shots
on goal in the first half and four for
the contest, nonetheless took a 1-0
lead on a goal that came with under
a minute to play in the first period.
The Bears stormed back in a hurry,
however, with senior co-captain Bill
Lange netting a goal just two
minutes into the second half. The
score was locked at 1-1 until the
8226 mark, when Greg Lennox '93
controlled his own rebound and
buried it for the game winner.
On Saturday the Wesleyan
Cardinals brought their 8-2-1 record
to town, and showed why they have
done well against top-ranked teams
like Babson and Colby.
It was the Bears who struck first,
but that was to be all they would
get for the rest of the game. Lance
Conrad '91 scored on a pass from
Derek Spence '92 at 20:10.
After that it was all downhill for
Bowdoin, as the Cardinals
countered with a goal of their own
five minutes later, and added a
second with three minutes to play
in the first half.
"Our plan was to get on the board
early against Wesleyan, and then
hold on," said Conrad. "We did
score first, but things just didn't
work out."
And they got worse. The
Bowdoin defense was unable to
contain the speedy Wesleyan
forwards, who had a field day,
scoring three times in the second
half.
"We didn't play particularly well
against Wesleyan," said Gilbride.
"We were coming off very emotional
games against Colby, Amherst and
then Wheaton, and I think it caught
up with us."
Gilbride also pointed to the
strength of the Wesleyan team. "I've
got to give them credit," he said.
"They played very well."
Gilbride added that he didn't
think the Polar Bears would have
any problems rebounding from the
loss. "We'll put the Wesleyan game
behind us and look ahead to Bates
and then Colby," he said.
The game at Bates tomorrow,
which was rescheduled so as not to
interfere with the playoffs, will offer
Bowdoin a chance to prepare for the
big game Sunday.
Gilbride said he may make more
substitutions in the Bates game in
order to give the "banged-up guys"
a rest. He hastely added, though,
that the players out there would be
going all out, and treating it as they
would any other game.
According to Gilbride, the Bears
will be approaching theColby game
the same way they did two weeks
ago, when they lost a hard-fought
battle in the final seconds of double
overtime, 3-Z
This time around, Bowdoin may
well be facing the top-ranked Mules
without co-captain Amin Khadduri
'91, who missed the Wheaton and
Wesleyan games because of injury.
"We're a good team, we've had a
great year, and we deserve to be in
the playoffs," said Gilbride. "We
played well against Colby the last
time.. hopefully this time we'll get a
different outcome."
The team will undoubtedly be up
for this game, and looking to avenge
the recent loss to the Mules.
Conrad speaks for the team when
he says, "We're dying to play Colby
again, because we deserved to win
the last time. It would be great to
stretch this season out just a little
longer."
12 November 2, 1990
The Bowdoin Orient
Football comes up short against WPI
BYDAVEWILBY
Orient Sports Editor
In front of a large Homecoming
crowd, the Bowdoin football squad
had Worcester Polytech on the ropes
before the Engineers fought back
for a last minute 32-31 win.
The visitors gained the one point
margin on a touchdown with 0:32
left in the game, capitalizing on a
fumble recovery on Bowdoin's 33-
yard line.
WPI's final touchdown gave then
their only lead of the game, as the
Bears came out of the gate with a
very strong first half.
On the third series of the game,
Bowdoin established the ground
game with nine rushes without a
pass Jim LeClair '92 carried six
times and Eric LaPlaca '93 had three
carries,including a three yard
touchdown to put the Polar Bears
up 6-0. The first of Jim Carenzo's '93
four extra points made it 7-0.
Worcester struck back quickly, as
they took the Bowdoin kickoff and
marched 70 yards on 11 plays to
make the score 7-6, as Bowdoin
blocked the point after attempt.
The Bears began the second
quarter very deep in WPI territory,
an area in which the home team
spent most of the quarter on its way
to scoring 17 unanswered points.
With just over a minute gone in
the quarter, Carenzo split the posts
with a 19-yard field goal, making it
Quarterback Mike Kirch '90 rolling out of the pocket on his way to finding Eric LaPlaca '93 in the end zone
for a 29-yard touchdown, the first of three Kirch threw in last Saturdays game against WPI. The score was
LaPlaca's second touchdown in the first half. Photo by Chris Strassel.
10-6 Bowdoin.
After the defense recovered a
fumble on the Engineer 44-yard line,
it only took 1 :43 for fhe Bears to put
another" seven points on the board.
The touchdown come on a fourth
and nine from the29-yard line when
quarterback Mike Kirch '90 rolled
right and fired to a wide open
LaPlaca in the end zone.
After the Polar Bear defense shut
down WPI in four plays, Bowdoin
took over on its own 40 yard line.
The Bears moved down to the
Worcester 18-yard line on the
strength of six runs and one
reception by LaPlaca. On third and
four, Kirch found tight end Mike
Ricard '93 foran 18-yard touchdown
leaving the score 24-6 at halftime.
The Bears dominated in the first
half, as they forced two turnovers
and allowed WPI only two
possessions of more than five plays.
Head Coach Howard Vandersea
said the first half was, "as good a
half as we've ever played."
The tide turned in the third
quarter however, as the Engineers
chewed upyardage and time in two
long touchdown drives. The first
drive went 80yards in 11 plays, and
the second drive was 85 yards, also
in 11 plays.
As a result, the two squads went
into the fourth quarter with a tight
24-20 score in the Bears favor.
The Polar Bears had been unable
to generate much offense in the
second half, but behind Mike
Kahler's '94 running and Ricard's
pass receiving, the offense had its
most important drive of the game.
Kahler carried five times as
Bowdoin drove to the Worcester 1 5-
yard line. The Bears then dug a hole
for themselves with a 7-yard loss on
first down, and a 14-yard loss on a
sack on the following play.
On third and 31, Kirch made up a
large chunk of the yardage on a 21
yard pass to Ricard. After a timeout,
Kirch threw to Ricard, who extended
his 6'5" frame to make a nice grab in
the corner of the endzone for his
second touchdown reception of the
game.
Kirch had probably his best game
of the season with 1 1 -1 8 passing for
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no interceptions.
"He threw the ball when it was
appropriate," said Coach
Vandersea.
Ricard had three big catches, all
of which came on third or fourth
down.
Trailing by eleven with just over
six minutes left, WPI wasted little
time, scoring a touchdown within
three minutes. The drive was keyed
by three pass completions of over
twenty yards apiece.
WPI first-year running back Jason
Wooley capped the drive with his
third touchdown on a five yard run.
Wooley rushed for 221 yards on 31
carries, averaging over seven yards
per carry.
With the scoreboard reading 31-
26 in favor of the home team, the
Bears gave up the ball with 2:41 left
and the Engineers looking to pull
out the win.
After WPI quarterback Dave
Ceppetelli scored the go-ahead
touchdown, the Bears took over on
their own 23-yard line after the
kickoff, but 0:27 was too short and
77 yards was too long for one more
score.
The defense was led by Tony
Schena '93 on the defensive line and
John Hartnett '91 who had an
interception in the secondary.
Vandersea cited the squad's
offensive guardsChrisPyne'92and
Dan Smith '91 for their solid
blocking.
The Polar Bears will now head
into the t wo CBB contests, beginning
with Bates next week in Lewiston.
Coach Vandersea said of next
week's game, "You have to be
prepared to play, more so than any
other games." The head coach, a
veteran of many CBB contests as a
coach and as a player at Bates,
cautioned that, "it is very important
in this game to understand the
emotion and to keep our poise."
Colby will come to Brunswick the
following Saturday to cap off the
CBB. Colby beat Bates 9-3 in a
defensive struggle last weekend.
Bowdoin will be looking to add
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The Bowdoin Orient
November 2, 1990 13
Field hockey team wraps up season
BY ANDY HENRICHON
Orient Staff
Finishing with a final record of 6-
7-0, the women's field hockey team
wrapped up it's season this past
weekend with games against Colby
and Middlebury.
The team traveled north to Colby
on Thursday to challenge the Mules
whom they defeated 2-1, bringing
their record to an even .500.
Scoring for the Polar Bears were
Rebecca Smith '94 with an assist
from Sara Clodfelter '92, and Kathy
McKinney assisted by Nancy
Beverage '91.
In their final attempt to end the
year with a winning record, the team
lost to Middlebury last Friday.
Coach Sally LaPointe pointed out
that the team "played as individuals,
not as a team" making it impossible
to overcome the strength displayed
by the Panthers.
Trailing 2-0 until the end of the
second half, Coach LaPointe
decided to move Leslie Blickenstaff
'94 from left fullback to right inner.
She immediately went in to score
her first collegiate goal.
However, the team could not pull
together to tie up the score in the
final minutes of the game, ending
their season with a 2-1 loss.
Inanunusualsituation for a right
fullback, senior captain Nancy
Beverage is the high scorer for the
year with 7 goals and 6 assists.
Following Beverage are Smith with
4 goals and 2 assists, and Kris Rehm
'94 with 4 goals and 1 assist.
As the season came to a close, so
did the college field hockey career
of goalie Lynn Warner '91 . Warner
now holds the school records for
most time and most games (51)
played as a goaltender, as well as
the highest total number of saves in
a career with 537.
LaPointe said she is anticipating
a great team next year and is looking
to a combination of four strong
players returning from abroad and
the strength of the class of '94. As
she pointed out, this year's two
second highest scorers are both first
year students.
Nancy Beverage '91 leads the women's field hockey team on the offensive as Sara Beard "92 and Jessica
Storey *91 follow the play in the squad's last game versus Middlebury. Photo by Jim Sabo.
Tennis ends at New England's
BY ERIC LUPFER
Orient Staff
The women's tennis team
wrapped up their season over fall
break with a trip to the New
England Championships at
Amherst.
Although Bowdoin's final
ranking in the championship was
unavailable at the time of printing,
first-year coach Ros Kermode was
generally pleased with the team's
performance.
Four of the top six seeds
advanced past the first round . Co-
captain Heidi Wallenfels '91,
Alison Burke '94, Alison Vargas
'93, and Tracy Boulter '94 all had
wins.
Unluckily for the Bears, Katie
Gradek '91, the team's third seed,
lost her first round match in
windy conditions which both
Kermode and Wallenfels felt were
unplayable.
Because the team had a difficult
time preparing for the level of
play which they encountered in
Amherst, Kermode found the
championships somewhat
frustrating.
"Being in Maine, it's tough to
schedule the best schools (in New
England), " she said. 'Teams like
Tufts and Trinity don't want to travel
this far north."
Nevertheless, for Kermode, the
season on the whole was a good
one.
"We played well and kept
improving," she said. "All of our
tough matches came down to
doubles."
Kermode had high praise for this
year's co-captains, Wallenfels and
Kathryn Loebs '91. "Heidi and
Kathryn were excellent captains.
They were good leaders and kept
the team together."
The individual singles play was
the strong point of the season. Five
of the top six seeds had winning
singles records.
Wallenfels ended at 7-3, Alison
Burke at 9-4, and Alison Vargas at
10-4.
Gradek and Boulter both had
outstanding seasons. Gradek ended
with a 9-3 record, and she was
lauded by Kermode for her
enthusiasm over the season.
Boulter ended with a 12-2
record, and won her bracket in the
CBB Invitational.
"Everyone was playing their
best at the end of the season," said
Wallenfels.
The team's doubles play turned
out to be their Achilles' Heel.
Both Colby and Middlebury, the
teams responsible for three of
Bowdoin's four losses, bested the
team in doubles after Bowdoin
outplayed them in singles.
Of the future, Kermode is
optimistic.
This year's team was deep, with
the sixth through ninth seeds all
battling for the sixth spot.
Although the team will lose
Wallenfels, Loebs, and Gradek to
graduation, Kermode feels the
younger players that didn't see
much playing time this season will
help fill the gaps left by the
graduating seniors.
The team will play a few matches
next spring to keep in form.
They plan to compete in a
tournament at Middlebury and to
travel to Florida to play over spring
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The Bowdoin Orient
November 2, 1990 15
ECACs next for women's cross country
BY BILL CALLAHAN
Orient Staff
The Bowdoin women's cross-
country team continued their season
last week at the New England
Championships, finishing tenth in
the meet which included teams from
all divisions.
Perennial powerhouse
Providence College was the team
champion, besting thirty-two other
teams over the hilly five kilometer
course at Northfield, MA.
Meike Van Zante '94 and Ashley
Wernher '93 continue to lead the
harriers.
They finished within a second of
each other in 34th (19:11) and 35th
(19:12) places respectively, quite a
feat in a field of 200 plus. Van Zante
was the sixth first-year student to
finish, and Wernher the seventh
sophomore.
Marilyn Fredey '91 had a great
race, finishing 48th in the most
competitive field the women will
face all season.
Coach Slovenski commented, "I
give Marilyn a lot of credit - she ran
her best race of the season."
Margeret Heron '91 blazed to a
63rd place finish. Coach Slovenski
praising the co-captain, said,
"Margeret ran a great race on a tough
course."
Anthea Schmid '94 continued her
stellar season, finishing 109th and
fifth for the Polar Bears. Not far
behind were Tricia Connell '93 in
120th, and Gwen Kay '91, who ran
well to place 141st.
The team is looking fit for its last
two meets, the ECAC Division III
Championships and the New
England Division III meet.
Right now the women are ranked
second in New England Division
III.
Slovenski was * cautiously
optimistic. "We've got to narrow
the gap between 1 and 5 if we want
to do well. When Sarah Perrotti ('94)
and Tricia Connell are healthy surely
we will be able to do that."
In last year's ECAC the team was
second and they hope to finish in
the top four of the 30 teams
competing.
Earlier this week the team had a
chance to meet and run with Joan
Benoit-Samuelson '79. Hopefully
both will do well this weekend, the
Polar Bears at Tufts for ECAC, and
Joan at the New York Marathon.
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Campus activism on the rise
Editor's Note: Due to as personal conflict of interest, the Editor-in-Chief did not
participate in the discussion or construction of this week's editorial, dealing with the
Coalition of Concerned Students.
Five years ago, it would probably have been safe to describe Bowdoin' s campus
as politically passive. People had opinions, sure, and differences of opinion, but
there just wasn't much angry, focused activism.
The times, they are a changin'.
Today's protest by the Coalition of Concerned Students was an extreme
measure, yes, and many in the college community are sure to find it shocking.
Unexpected, though? Surely not, in the wake of the recent shift in the dynamics
of campus activism. We are moving towards demonstration and away from the
self-destructive private fuming that so characterized the old Bowdoin.
Certainly the college stands to gain much from this kind of expression; the
relative merits of the arguments of protesting groups aren't of primary importance.
As has always been the case in this country, it's the right to express an opinion, not
the opinion itself, tlat should be inviolate.
It is equally important, however, that everyone maintains their perspective. No
one is more infuriating, hypocritical, and counterproductive than an activist who
crosses the line between the exercise of a right, like that to free speech, and the
violation of the rights of others.
Keeping that in mind, then, the Orient welcomes the Coalition's action, not
because we agree with its ideals, but because the students who make up the
Coalition have the courage and initiative to foster the college's burgeoning
extroversion of political activism. Bowdoin is an institution of higher learning;
where is it written that we cannot learn from each other?
Demonstration as an expression of strong convictions is by its very nature
disruptive, even shocking. But Bowdoin has been moving towards this stage for
some time now, and it would be a mistake to try to make anyone keep their
opinions to themselves.
In the words of Victor Hugo, 'To dare; progress is at this price." %
The college exercises no control over the content of the student writings contained
herein, and neither it, nor the faculty, assumes any responsibility for the views
expressed herein."
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Hunt for invisible faculty a
task for First- Year students
By Thomas Davidson
It was a scary sight. I was
walking through the quad at
4:30 p.m. on a brisk October
Thursday when I saw it. It was
coming my way, the same
appi ration that I get every
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. By the time it approached
me, I was sweating up a storm
and asking myself "Why is it
here today? I'm not supposed to
see it out of class." It was my
Environmental Studies teacher.
He had this look in his eye, I
really don't know how to explain
it, but it was kind like that look
that Barry Manilow gets when
his sound crew gives him too
much reverb on the microphone.
I knew that there was no way out
so I decided to keep on walking.
"Hello Tim," he cheerfully said,
"how are you. Quite an
impressive paper you turned in
last week. It'salwaysnicetodual
something isn't it?" I didn't really
smile and with one of my better
"whatever" looks explained
"First of all, my name'sTom and
my paper was so bad that you
told me you once gave a student
a better grade on something he
wrote on a banana peel."
He smiled) I smiled, "I'm
sorry's" and "Oh, that's okay's"
were exchanged and we both
knew that there was a slight
chance the Bee Gees might tour
in the spring. Whatever
happened that frightening
afternoon when I saw my teacher
out of class is something that
would terrify any first-year
student. It is both a travesty of a
mockery, and a mystery of an
enigma.
Coming to Bowdoin, most of
us in the Class of '94 were both
attracted to and inspired by the
small student-faculty ratio. Lisa
Burnbach, in her respected Guide
to Colleges explained that these
faculty members are often seen
attending the various fraternity
parties on campus. Now when
faculty appear at frat parties,
they're usually just a ghostly
vision to some person passed
out in the basement thinking
about how they flagged a test
that day.
The First-year ad vising system
... ignoring this
present
issue of 'disappearing
faculty' is tantamount
to rearranging the
deck chairs on
theTitanic.
has proven fruitful. But when
you're dealing with individuals
who, on the whole, are leaving
home for the first time, it is
important to realize that these
students need an authority figure
to look up to. The First-Year
Advising system benefits both
the student and the adviser, but
offers only academics as a subject
to rally around. I call upon the
newly elected First-Year
government to set up some
worthwhile activities that would
bridge this gap between the
students and the faculty. While
diversity and the changing of the
grading system are extremely
important issues that should be
addressed for the future of the
College, ignoring this present
issue of "disappearing faculty"
is tantamount to rearranging the
deck chairs on the Titanic.
As an academic institution,
Bowdoin is succeeding as most
first-year students would agree.
As a community however, it
seems we've all taken a hold of
the strings that hold the college
together and run in different
directions. The faculty have an
incredible impact on the First-
Year class and the entire school,
but how much greater would this
impact be if they were not only
teachers, but friends ?
This Class of 1994 is different
from the rest. We are a class that
commences with the
inauguration of a new President
and graduates on the bicentennial
of the College. Yet, when most of
us applied, we were attracted by
the eccentric grading system and
the strong student-faculty
interaction. We know what's
happening to the grading system
and now it's up to both the
students and faculty to create a
stronger bond so separatism
within the community doesn't
grow any larger than it a ready is.
Orient Letter Policy
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The Bowdoin Orient
November 2, 1990 17
OPINION
First Amendment
Minority representation:
A broader perspective
By Khurram
Dastgir-Khan
Today is November 2: the
deadline issued last spring to the
administration by the Coalition of
Concerned Students to present a sighted. Pemberton had the highest
concrete plan to increase minority credentials for her job: a doctorate
Harvard have been much more
successful than small colleges in
attracting minorities. These
universities are also major research
centers and thus offer greater
chances of career advancement.
In this regard, Bowdoin College
suffers a particular handicap due to
its secluded location. The nearest
major urban center, Boston, is about
a three hour car drive. Many people
willing to live in the northeast end
up staying in Boston with its huge
educational community and the
presenceof America's two foremost
educational institutions, Harvard
and MIT.
Bowdoin is not entirely innocent
either. The faculty committee
decision to refuse tenure to Cayle
Pemberton was indeed short-
representation on the faculty. The
demand also contained the prospect
of the occupation of Hawthorne-
Longfellowifthecoalitiondemands
were not met. In a
rare display of
sustained activism
at Bowdoin, the «,, , , r ,
coalition f J he demands of the
Concerned
Coalition, despite
being "politically
correct, " were not
Students has been
successful in
keeping the issue of
a diverse faculty
alive on a campus backed by
where activism is
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nature of the
protests; the sleep-
out on the Quad and the silent
demonstration at the President's
inaugural, despite some untoward
rumors, are recent examples.
The demands of the Coalition,
despite being "politically correct,"
were not backed by unanimous
student opinion. Many students and
faculty have expressed a legitimate
fear of relaxed hiring standards by
the college to meet the political
pressure for greater diversity. In
many private conversations,
impassioned arguments for and
against the need forgreaterdiversity
can be heard. It is noticeable,
however, that this issue has not
generated a campus-wide debate.
And there exists a need to examine
the Coalition demands in the
perspective of current realities.
The numbers of minority
candidates for doctoral degrees, as
well as minority collegeenrollment,
has fallen recently. This factor is
crucial because currently colleges
across the nation are trying to boost
minority representation on their
respective faculties. The classic
forces of supply and demand are
coming into play. The result is that
'elite' universities like Yale and
in African-American literature from
Harvard University. More
importantly, she was a good teacher
and hence, an asset regardless of
her race.
As mentioned
earlier, the
demands of the
coalition ha ve also
invoked fears
about lower hiring
standards for
minority faculty
and thus violating
equal
opportunity. This
issue of academic
standards came
into the fore last
year when
Professor Bell, a
black professor at
Harvard Law School, went on strike
to pressure HLS to hire a black
woman on the faculty. Professor
Bell argued that conventional
standards of qualifications should
be waived because such a candidate
would bring different experiences
on the job and would enrich legal
discourse at the school.
It is difficult to pass judgments.
Viewed in the socio-political
perspective, the faculty diversity
issue at Bowdoin echoes much of
the arguments made for a nd against
affirmative action. Today, greater
than ever, is the need for us to think
and rethink the meaning of
diversity and the ways in which it
can enrich our lives.
Blocking out thoughts will only
serve to shut us from facing the
imperative of increased minority
reprer-entution in every sector of
the society.
Only one aspect of the debate,
however, is absolutely clear:
relaxed hiring standards would not
only undermine the very idea of
having positive role-models for the
minority students but will also
contradict the ideals on which
Bowdoin College exists today.
Janus
Dialogue
This week's topic:
Balancing Bowdoin's
Budget
By Bill Hutfllz and
John Nicholson
John: With all the talk of
budget deficits and spending
cuts circulating around campus,
we thought a discussion of what
monies should be cut, and where
money spent should go, was in
order. Clearly a college the size
of Bowdoin has some unique
problems fulfilling all the needs
and desires of its student's and
faculty. Bowdoin must define the
identity it takes into the 21st
century, and make decisions
regarding spending in light of
that vision.
BUI: You betcha, John. The
college's inclination to seemingly
indiscriminately spend under A.
Leroy must be reversed.
President Edwards has made a
balanced budget a first priority,
and his early statement about
the futility of building a science
center for which Bo wdoin cannot
pay is right on the mark. To me,
despite the fact that the science
center is certainly an individual
case, it represents the
fundamental choice which
Bowdoin must make in its
budget practices. Instead of
projects like the science center
which might raise Bowdoin's
reputation and improve faculty
research facilities, the college
must frugally spend its monies
in an effort to maintain (or re-
attain) a high quality of student
life.
Bowdoin must
define the identity it
takes into the 21st
century, and make
decisions regarding
spending in light of
that vision.
John: Well we're definitely
covering a lot of ground this week.
The tough choices facing President
Edwards, and the college, revolve
more around the curriculum than
around the science center. Bowdoin
must continueto move forward with
its building projects, once the funds
are available, to provide the college
community with facilities which are
up to date and meet their changing
needs. The curriculum, however, is
where Bowdoin's identity will be
determined. Needless to say, an
institution Bowdoin's size cannot
be everything to everyone. Perhaps
some departments will have to
merge and consolidate, perhaps
positions like first-year student
advisor will have to go.
Bill: Curriculum schmurriculum.
The people here are what will
determine Bowdoin's identity.
Spending prio ities should include
cohesive plans for student life.
Questions must be answered by the
administration along the lines of: If
we are going to disallow first
semester rash, what are we going to
do about providing student dining
facilities? How can we provide
students with alternative social
opportunities while we continue
to discourage the traditional
alcohol consumption? While
addressing these questions
adequately may seem to be
expenditure increases, what it
really amounts to is the college
having solutions to its problems
before it acts. Should we merge
departments and excuse faculty,
or should we cut bureaucracy in
the administration and pare
down physical plant personnel?
And do we need a first-year
student advisor?
John: Brilliant Bill! Where do
you get your ideas? Over the past
fewyears Bowdoin studentshave
had to cope with less social
entertainment. Now austerity
will hit more than just the beers
per weekend category. The great
initiatives and frivolousness of
A. Leroy Greason, such as the
first-year student advisor, must
end.
Bill: In the end, our lack of
ability to pinpoint any specific
areas which require a decrease in
spending only points out the
difficult task facing our new
president, with one exception: do
we really need an advisor for
some 350 first-year students?
Other bureaucratic areas in
Hawthorne-Longfellow may
require similar scrutiny.
With all due respect to the
objectives of the many interest
groups on campus, it seems that
our current staff must be purg. .'
of luxury positions before we can
address any further o needs too
directly. We must balance the
budget.
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Other Voices
The Bowdoin Orient
Neutral language promotes accuracy
By Gray Rothkopf
Gender neutral language is
college policy. This in itself seems a
reason to avoid it, even at the risk of
being labelled "N.P.C.", not
politically correct, or non-player
character. However, the wide-
spread use of gender neutral
language achieves another goal
worth mentioning, one that relates
to many other issues.
A gender neutral language policy
reserves gender specific language for
when its needed, which eliminates
ambiguity and saves time wasted in
clarification. The use of gender
neutral language provides us as a
community with a more accurate
means of communication, a helpful
tool in an academic environment.
After all, one must have as clear an
idea of how others interpret ones
words as possible if one is regularly
expected to hold high-level
dialogues. However, no matter how
explicit we are with our language,
inevitably there's much that's
implicit.
Most of the time when we speak
we're lettinggoofmoreinformation
about ourselves than we realize.
Language, without specifically
stating our needs and desires, often
reveals them. It offers a great deal
of insight into people's motivations,
feelings and thoughts, into people
themselves. Just as we can learn
about an author from his or her
writing's, we can learn about a
Today and yesterday ,
the majority's most
effective means of
segregation has been
in its definition of self :
White.
speaker from hisorherspeech. This
is why many people are scared to
talk: who knows what might come
out? This fear leads us to resent
people who are especially good or
consistent at pointing out
troublesome bits of our language.
These people are, in effect,
questioning the words we use, and
our wordsare the building blocks of
who we are. Who are these people
who question our words, how are
they able and why do they to do it?
When someone says something
is "sexist" or "racist," it's a criticism
of the societal majority by a group
defined by its economic, historical
and cultural isolation from the
societal majority. Who defines
something as sexist? Women do.
Who defines something as racist?
People of color do. Who defines
"minorities?" The societal majority
does. It used to define minorities by
givingthem individual names. This
has, in most cases, simply lead to
the group in question claiming the
name, no matter how initially
offensive, legitimating it and
empowering themselves. Today
of campus rapes start here.
Whenever there's drinking or drugs, things can get out of hand.
So its no surprise that many campus rapes involve alcohol.
But you should know that under any circumstances, sex without
the other person's consent is considered rape. A felony punishable
by prison. And drinking is no excuse.
That's why when you party it's good to know what your limits are.
You see, a little sobering thought now can save you from a big
problem later.
£ 1990 Rape Treatment Center. Sanu Monica Hospital
and yesterday, the majority's most
effective means of segregation has
been in its definition of self: White.
It's this self-definition that keeps
the European- American Male from
being able to begin to understand
the Black Experience, or the Feminist
Perspective. When one thinks of
oneself as White, with all the
associated history, one necessarily
disassociates oneself from the
possibility of any other experience.
In literature written by males,
feminist criticism is often helpful in
providing insight into the
motivations behind otherwise
opaque characters. The feminist
perspective tends to illuminate how
men and women operate in a male
dominated society, and under the
influence of the myth of male
superiority. In much the same way,
African-Americans often perceive
great truths about the nature of a
White, male dominated society.
Both African-Americans and
women are allowed access to the
"dominant culture" and kept
separate, too. They are both one
with and separate from the majority
because the majority doesn't have
access to the minority's culture,
while the minority has access to the
majority's way of life. Diversity is
vital because it is the diverse
elements in society that often give
the most precise and helpful
criticism.
Women and African Americans
seldom have much difficulty
understanding the White
Experience. This is because While is
not a culture, it's a self-imposed exile,
a deliberate attempt to sustain
ignorance in the face of Fear. What
do we fear? We fear that we are all
essentially the same, regardless of
skin color or sex. And if we're all
essentially the same, how can we
deal with past and current atrocities
if we're all brothers and sisters? To
paraphrase James Baldwin, how do
you apologize to your brother for
killing his children and raping his
wife? As a European-American
male, one cannot expect mercy or
understanding from African-
Americans, or women.
It's false to hope that someone
will always have the patience to
explain a sexist, racist, or for that
matter, ambiguous remark or
action. For all there will be
accusations in placeof explanations,
violence in place of humor, and
applied ignorance in place of
courageous introspection. This is
natural if you even begin to suspect
the amount of frustration involved
in daily encounters with White
people. This makes it all the more
difficult for theEuropean-American
male to face himself, to peel away
the swagger, the guilt and the
bigotry in order to reach some
semblance of maturity, a sense of
man.
Those with a sense of language,
like those who support a gender
neutral language policy, help
destroy a patriarchal language
dedicated to segregation. In its place
they create a language more
amenable tothedevelopmentof the
human race.
Rothkopf is a senior.
\
The Bowdoin Orient
November 2, 1990 19
Letters to the Editor
Harsh review uncalled for
To the Editor:
While I agree with Matthew
Arbour in his review of "The
Merchant of Venice" that the
function of theater is to provide "...a
forum in which to confront
audiences with social problems," I
believe it is also the function of
theater to provide an outlet for
experimentation. Arbour's major
criticism of the play was with the
treatment of anti-Semitic issues (or
lack thereof). Since I cannot speak
for Ray Rutan, the director, I am
unable to address the issue of his
choices as director for this
production. However, I can say that
the beauty and challenge of drama
are only limited by the imaginative
interpretations of those who
participate. I applaud the director,
crew and especially the cast's
attempt to present a different
interpretation of "The Merchant of
Venice." No matter how ineffective
the production was or how far it fell
short of public expectation, I believe
everyone tried their hardest. But
then effort is often ignored in the
theater.
Constructive criticism is always
welcome. The college reviewer is
obligated to be critical but not to the
extent that it destroys the spirit of
theater here at Bowdoin. I feel that
unnecessarily harsh reviews
(including deserving token
"positive notes") detract from the
purpose of theater at Bowdoin,
which is to allow everyone,
experienced or not, the enjoyable
opportunity to participate in all
levels of production. There can be
no value judgement placed on the
process and challenge of
participation, which at the college
level is more important than the
final production. I encourage
everyone to take advantage of the
Masque and Gown by participating
in productions whether it be in the
cast or crew. And for those who
participate as the audience:
"If we shadows have offended,
think but this, and all is mended,
that you have slumbered here, while
these visions did appear. And this
weak idle theme, no more yielding
but a dream, Gentles do not
reprehend. If you pardon, we will
mend." (A Midsummer Night's
Dream, Vi, 412-19)
Sincerely,
Margot Downs '91
Start your road to the New York
Times at the Orientl Spring
semester positions open.
Support Pfeiffer
To the Editor:
As college students, only
temporary residents of this area,
we understandably may not take
the intense interest in local issues,
which a long-time Brunswick
resident might. However, with
the confirmation of David Souter
apparently solidifying a
conservative majority on the
Supreme Court, many vital
national issues, abortion rights,
for example, are being tossed
back into the political arena, to
be decided by the fifty state
legislatures.
For this reason, it is important
to pay particular attention to this
year's local campaigns. In
Maine's 43rd Legislative District,
which embraces the entire
Bowdoin campus, Democrat
Sophia Douglass Pfeiffer is
opposed by Republican Ron
Banks.
A Maine taxpayer since 1963,
Mrs. Pfeiffer is a retired Chief
Staff Attorney for the Rhode
Island Supreme Court. Having
spent several years living abroad,
she was the president of the
Karachi American School in
Pakistan in the mid-1950s. She
has also been active in the local
community as head of the
Brunswick Village Review
Board. She is a proven
progressive. As a long-time
member of N.O.W., her support
for reproductive rights has been
unwavering.
Although we ourselves will
probably stay in Brunswick for
only four years, the Bowdoin
community is a permanent
fixture in Maine. Thus, its voice
should be heard and its interests
represented in the State
Legislature. Accordingly, we
should vote on November 6.
When we do, we should consider
Sophia Pfeiffer's experience and
her positipnson the issues which
matter to us as college students.
Sincerely,
Bart Acocella '91
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The Bowdoin Orient
Coalition responds
(Continued from pagel)
Bowdoin while completing a PH .D.
dissertation;
3. Bowdoin will continue to
participate in a consortium that
brings minority counselors to
campus as part of the vigorous
minority student recruitment
strategy;
4. Dean Jervis will compile and
make available at course
registration timea listing of courses
and other opportunities for
curricular work on issues of gender;
5. A committee is being formed
by Dean Jervis formed to study the
status of women at Bowdoin on the
occasion of the twentieth
anniversary of co-education and to
make appropriate
recommendations.
When asked on Edwards'
statement, a coalition member Kelly
Lankford '92 said "It wasn't
enough." Lankford felt that
President Edwards "needs to be
more specific and he should have
been more definite." She feels'
confident that Edwards is
enthusiastic about diversity, "but
he needs to give students more of a
plan as to what he wants to do."
Dean Preston '91 said, "action
speaks louder than words!," and
the coalition is acting with this
assertion.
CIA protest
(Continued from Page 1)
information on campus.
According to Tessler, the new
policy has already prevented one
traditional recruiter, the Marine
Corps, from coming to campus.
James B. Bonner, the United States
Marine Corp Officer Selection
Officer, signed the policy, but wrote
on the form: "we do not illegally
discriminate." In a letter to Bonner,
Tessler said the Marines would be
allowed on campus only if it signed
the policy "exactly as it reads,"
without any qualifiers.
The CIA has been recruiting on
Bowdoin's campus for the past ten
years.
As of late afternoon Thursday,
the DSA had also collected 182
signatures on a petition condemning
discrimination on the basis of sexual
preference. Nokes said the petition
would be presented to the
administration in order to
encourage the college to "scrutinize
what's going on."
"I don't think (the college) looks
closely enough at the issues,"
explained Nokes.
In answer to charges that the DSA
was attempting to limit the CIA's
freedom of speech, Nokes
responded that "this wasn't an issue
of freedom of speech, but of
discrimination."
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